Vá-brestr
Old Norse Dictionary - vá-brestr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vá-brestr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vá-brestr
- m. a ‘woe-crash,’ a sudden crash or sound in the earth or in the air, thought to bode strange and evil tidings, Fbr. 147; cp. Glúm, ch. 21, Ann. 1238.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅ-ᛒᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)