Brigða
Old Norse Dictionary - brigða
Meaning of Old Norse word "brigða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word brigða can mean:brigða
- brigða
- ð, (mod. að), [bregða], a law term, to escheat; with acc., b. land, lönd, Grág. ii. 202 sqq.; b. e-m frelsi, to abrogate, i. 203; b. fé (of the forfeiture of a deposit), 183. In the Norse sense, vide Gþl. 295 sqq., Jb. 188 sqq., Dipl. v. 16.
- brigða
- 2. with dat. (irreg.), b. jörðu, Gþl. 300: to make void, b. dómi, 23; b. sáttmáli, Stj. 382: part. brigðandi = brigðarmaðr, Grág. ii. 204.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚴᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- dat.
- dative.
- irreg.
- irregular.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)