Brana
Old Norse Dictionary - brana
Meaning of Old Norse word "brana"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brana
- u, f. a freq. name of a cow, [brana = juvenca, cited by Du Cange from old Spanish Latin deeds; it probably came into Spain with the Goths.] brönu-grös, n. pl., botan. Satyrium Albidum; in Icel. lore this flower plays the same part as the German alraun or English mandrake; the b. are also called ‘Friggjar-gras’ (Frigg = Freyja, the goddess of love), and ‘elsku-gras,’ flower of love, as it is thought to create love between man and woman, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 648. Gen. xxx. 14.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.