Af-brýði
Old Norse Dictionary - af-brýði
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-brýði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-brýði
- and contr. ábrýði, f. (now obsol.) jealousy; en er Sisinnus sá Clemens páfa standa hjá konu sinni, þá, viltist hugr hans mjök af mikilli ílsku ok afbrýði, Clem. 41, 42, Fms. i. 9, Ýt. 11; in all these places spelt with af-, but ábryði is more common, and occurs Hkr. i. 111; in the poem Gkv. i. 10—hon ægði mér af ábrýði—it is used of the jealousy of a wife to her husband.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- contr.
- contracted.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- obsol.
- obsolete.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)