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.)
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