Broddr
Old Norse Dictionary - broddr
Meaning of Old Norse word "broddr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word broddr can mean:broddr
- broddr
- m. [A. S. brord; O. H. G. brort; Goth. brozds is suggested], a spike, Eg. 285.
- broddr
- β. a kind of shaft, freq. in Lex. Poët., FmS. vii. 211, FaS. ii. 118; handbogi (cross-bow) með tvennum tylptum brodda, n. G. L. ii. 427; örfa skeptra (shafts) eðr brodda, i. 202.
- broddr
- γ. a sting, of an insect, Grönd. 46: metaph., dauði, hvar er þinn b., 1 Cor. xv. 55.
- broddr
- δ. of the spikes in a sharped horse-shoe or other shoe, mannbroddar, ice-shoes, Þorst. Hv. 46, Eb. 238, 240, Acts ix. 5; in a mountaineer’s staff (Alpen-stock), Bárð. 170.
- broddr
- 2. metaph. [cp. O. H. G. prurdi = ordo], milit. the front (point) of a column or body of men, opp. to hali, the rear; b. fylkingar and fylkingar broddr, AL. 56, 32; cp. ferðar-broddr, farar-broddr, Ld. 96, of a train of cattle and sheep.
- broddr
- β. the phrase, vera í broddi lífsins, to be in the prime of life, AL. 29.
- broddr
- γ. the milk of cows and ewes immediately after calving and lambing.
- broddr
- δ. botan. a spike on a plant.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- milit.
- military.
- opp.
- opposed.
- botan.
- botanically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Hv.
- Hungr-vaka. (D. III)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)