Brimill
Old Norse Dictionary - brimill
Meaning of Old Norse word "brimill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brimill
- m. pl. lar, [bremol, Ivar Aasen], phoca fetida mas, also called brim-selr = útselr, a big sort of seal, Höfuðl. 5: Brimils-gjá, a local name.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᛘᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.