Brúð-gumi
Old Norse Dictionary - brúð-gumi
Meaning of Old Norse word "brúð-gumi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word brúð-gumi can mean:brúð-gumi
- brúð-gumi
- a, m. [Ulf. uses bruþfaþs, not bruþguma; A. S. brydguma; Hel. brudigomo; O. H. G. prutigomo; Germ. bräutigam; Dan. brudgom; Swed. brudgumme; from brúðr, a bride, and gumi, a man = Lat. homo; the Engl. inserts a spurious r, bridegroom]:—a ‘bride’s man,’ bridegroom; svá sem gumi er kallaðr í brúðför, Edda 107, Grág. i. 175, Nj. 25, Sturl. iii. 182, Ísl. ii. 250.
- brúð-gumi
- COMPD: brúðgumareið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᚦ-ᚴᚢᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)