Bragi
Old Norse Dictionary - bragi
Meaning of Old Norse word "bragi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bragi
- a, m. the god of poetry Bragi, also a pr. name: in pl. bragnar, poët. heroes, men, Edda, Lex. poët.; cp. A. S. brego = princeps.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.