Bryggja
Old Norse Dictionary - bryggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "bryggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bryggja can mean:bryggja
- bryggja
- u, f. [v. brú, Scot. brigg]
- bryggja
- 1. a pier, landing-stage, gangway, D. I..)">Eg. 75, 530, Hkr. ii. 11, D. I..)">Ld. 190, Fms. i. 158, ix. 478, 503, xi. 102. The piers were movable, and were carried about in trading ships; hence such phrases as, skjóta bryggjum (skut-bryggja), to shoot out the gangway, for embarking or loading the ship.
- bryggja
- 2. seldom = bridge, D. I. i. 404. In English local names, Stanfurðu-bryggja, Lundúna-bryggja, Stamford-bridge, London-bridge, Hkr., Fms. vi.
- bryggja
- COMPDS: bryggjubúð, bryggjufótr, bryggjuker, bryggjulægi, bryggjumangari, bryggjusporðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)