Brand-reið
Old Norse Dictionary - brand-reið
Meaning of Old Norse word "brand-reið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brand-reið
- f. [A. S. brandreda], a grate, Stj. 310, 315, Exod. xxx. 3, xxxvii. 26, Mar. 50; steikja á b., to roast on a grate, Mar. (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛏ-ᚱᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)