Brenni-steinn
Old Norse Dictionary - brenni-steinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "brenni-steinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brenni-steinn
- (brennu-steinn, brenna-steinn), m. brimstone, sulphur, SkS. 391; Icel. sulphur mentioned in the 12th and 13th centuries, Arna b. S., D. I., H. E., etc.; b. logi, a sulphur lowe or flame, Rb. 336; b. vatn, a sulphur well, Stj. 91; b. þefr, a smell of brimstone, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚾᚾᛁ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)