Villi-bráð

Old Norse Dictionary - villi-bráð

Meaning of Old Norse word "villi-bráð"

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

villi-bráð
f. [mid. H. G. wilt-prât; Germ. wild-pret, -braten]:—venison, Stj. 80, 160, Fas. iii. 274; in western Icel. a kind of minced-meat is called villibráð (= kæfa, q. v.)

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mid. H. G.
middle High German.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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