Brunn-migi
Old Norse Dictionary - brunn-migi
Meaning of Old Norse word "brunn-migi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brunn-migi
- a, m. ‘mingens in puteum,’ a kind of hobgoblin who polluted the wells, Hálfs S. ch. 5. FaS. ii. 29, mentioned only here, and unknown to the present Icel. legends:—name of the fox, Edda (Gl.); cp. the proverb, skömm hundum, skitu refar í brunn karls, shame on the hounds, the foxes defiled the carl’s burn, FmS. vii. 21.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᚾᚾ-ᛘᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hálfs S.
- Hálfs Saga. (C. II.)