Breyskr
Old Norse Dictionary - breyskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "breyskr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- breyskr
- adj. (akin to brjósk), properly brittle: b. leirpottr, a brittle earthen pot, Sks. 543; kerin b., Stell. 1. 72: chiefly metaph. in moral sense, weak, infirm; andinn er fús, en holdið er b. . Matth. xxvi. 41, Stj. 55, 248, Sks. 688. 13: in mod. writing often spelt with i.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚢᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stell.
- Stellu-rímur.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)