Brýning

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Brýning

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 brýning

f. a whetting, sharpening, esp. metaph. egging on, sharpening; ek veit görst um yðr sonu mína, þurfi þér brýningina, Ld. 240; segir, at þá hefði þeir tekið brýningunni, Hkr. ii. 239.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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