Definitions
Definitions
1 brýna
1. d, [brún], to whet, sharpen, ‘bring to an edge’; b. ljá, kníf, sverð, to whet a scythe, knife, sword, Edda 48, Ísl. ii. 348, Fs. 62.
2 brýna
β. naut. to drag a boat or ship half a-shore, put her on the ‘edge’ of the sea-board; b. upp skipi, Nj. 19, Fs. 145, 147, Fms. viii. 333, v. 1.
3 brýna
2. metaph. to egg on, incite, Al. 33.
4 brýna
2. u, f. whetting; mowers call ‘brýna’ the amount of mowing done before the scythe wants whetting again.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
brýna
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "brýna" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).