Frumsar-brauð

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Frumsar-brauð

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 frumsar-brauð

n. bread of the first-fruits, Stj. 615. 2 Kings iv. 42: frums- or frumsa- is in Icel. and in Norse popular tales esp. used of animals that are first-born through two or more generations; such animals are thought to have a wonder-power, cp. Ivar Aasen; hence

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚢᛘᛋᛅᚱ-ᛒᚱᛅᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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