Bringa
Old Norse Dictionary - bringa
Meaning of Old Norse word "bringa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bringa can mean:bringa
- bringa
- u, f., Lat. sternum, the chest (brjóst, pectus), Nj. 24, Eb. 182, Eg. 719: the phrase, e-m skýtr skelk í bringu, one gets frightened, Eg. 49, Fb. i. 418.
- bringa
- β. the breast-piece, brisket, Stj. 310. Exod. xxx. 27, = bringu-kollr.
- bringa
- γ. metaph. a soft grassy slope, hence Gull-bringur, the golden slopes, whence Gullbringu sýsla in Icel.
- bringa
- COMPDS: bringubein, bringubreiðr, bringukollr, bringusár, bringuteinar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)