Bráð-ráðinn

Old Norse Dictionary - bráð-ráðinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "bráð-ráðinn"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bráð-ráðinn
part. suddenly or rashly decided, Fms. ii. 25, Fær. 236; b. tíðindi, sudden news, Fms. v. 289; bráðrakinn, Lex. Poët., seems only to be a bad reading = bráðráþinn, the lower part of the þ having been obliterated.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚦ-ᚱᛅᚦᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

part.
participle.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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