Breiða

Old Norse Dictionary - breiða

Meaning of Old Norse word "breiða" in English.

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

breiða Old Norse word can mean:

breiða: 1. dd, [Ulf. braidjan; Germ. breiten], to ‘broaden,’ unfold; b. feld á höfuð sér, to spread a cloak on the head, Nj. 164; b. út, to lay out for drying, Sd. 179, Ld. 290, Fbr. 17, chiefly of hay; b. völl and b. hey a völl, Jb. 193; b. e-t yfir e-n, to cover one in a thing, chiefly of the bed-clothes, Nj. 20, Fms. viii. 237; b. út hendr, to stretch out the hands, vii. 250, Th. 9; b. faðm, id., Rm. 16, Pass. 34. 2; b. borð (mod., b. á borð), to lay the cloth on the table, Bs. ii. 42.

breiða: 2. u, f. a drift, flock, of snow, hay, or the like; also fjár-breiða, a flock of white sheep; ábreiða, a cover, etc.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

etc.: et cetera.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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