Bruna
Old Norse Dictionary - bruna
Meaning of Old Norse word "bruna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bruna
- að, to advance with the speed of fire; b. fram, of a standard in the heat of battle, Mag. 2: of ships advancing under full sail, Fins, viii. 131, 188: freq. in mod. usage, Helius rann upp af því fagra vatni, og brunaði fram á það eirsterka himinhvolf, Od. iii. 1. Bb. 3. 18.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.