Brúsi

Meaning of Old Norse word "brúsi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word brúsi can mean:brúsi

brúsi

a, m. a buck, he-goat, Edda (Gl.): name of a giant, Fms. iii. 214. In Norway (Ivar Aasen), a lock of hair on the forehead of animals is called ‘bruse.’ In Icel.

brúsi

α. an earthen jar, to keep wine or spirits in (cp. Scot. greybeard, Scott’s Monastery, ch. 9), no doubt from their being in the shape of a bearded head. This has given rise to the pretty little poem of Hallgrím called Skeggkarlsvísur, Skyldir erum við Skeggkarl tveir, a comparison between Man and Greybeard (Skeggkarl = Beard-carle); cp. leir-brúsi = brúsi; flot-brúsi, Hym. 26.

brúsi

β. a bird, columbus maximus, called so in the north of Icel., but else heimbrini, Eggert Itin. § 556.

brúsi

II. a pr. name of a man, Landn.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements