Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Frumsar-brauð

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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

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Runic Inscription

frumsar-brauð

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "frumsar-brauð" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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