Niðr-brot
Old Norse Dictionary - niðr-brot
Meaning of Old Norse word "niðr-brot"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- niðr-brot
- n. a ‘down-break,’ destruction, Rb. 332, Mar., Fms. v. 163. niðrbrots-maðr, m. a destroyer, Bs. i. 724.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᚱ-ᛒᚱᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)