Spræna
Old Norse Dictionary - spræna
Meaning of Old Norse word "spræna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spræna can mean:spræna
- spræna
- 1. u, f. a spirt, sprout, spring, of water; lækjar-s.
- spræna
- 2. d, to spirt, sprout; sprændi fram saurrinn, Stj. 383; skyrit sprændi ór honum, Lv. 64; blóð sprændi á brand, Lex. Poët.; und sprænir rauðum legi, Ó. H. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚱᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)