Brenna

Old Norse Dictionary - brenna

Meaning of Old Norse word "brenna" in English.

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

brenna Old Norse word can mean:

brenna: 1. d, with acc. to burn; b. bál, to burn or light a balefire, Hervar. S. (in a verse).

brenna: 2. to destroy by fire, devastate, FmS. xi. 391, Ann. 1329, 1289: b. upp, to burn up, Eg. 49; b. e-n inni, to burn one alive, Nj. 115, Grág. ii. 128, Landn. 215, v. l.

brenna: 3. medic. to cauterise (of hot iron), Grág. ii. 133; b. e-m díla, to burn spots on one’s back, body (medic.), BS. 1. 644.

brenna: β. metaph. to brand one’s back; eigi þurfu Danir at hælast við oss Norðmenn, margan díla höfum vér brent þeim frændum, Hkr. iii. 148; b. e-m illan díla, id., Fbr. 190 (in a verse).

brenna: γ. b. kol, to burn, i. e. make charcoal (cp. charcoal-burner), Grág. i. 200.

brenna: δ. part., brennt silfr, gull = skírt silfr, gull, pure silver, gold, K. Þ. K. 172, 152; eyrir brendr (= eyrir brends silfrs), mörk brend, FmS. ix. 421, Hkr. iii. 12; b. gull, FmS. xi. 77.

brenna: 2. u, f. fire, burning, Grág. ii. 129, Nj. 158, 199; Njáls brenna, Blundketils brenna, etc., Ann. 962, 1010: the burning of a dead body, Edda 38 (= bálför).

brenna: β. astron., according to Finn Magnusson (Lex. Mythol.) Sirius is called Loka brenna, the conflagration of Loki, referring to the end of the world.

brenna: COMPDS: brennumaðr, brennumál, brennusaga, brennustaðr, brennusumar, brennuvargr.

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

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Brenna (II)

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

S.: Saga.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

medic.: medicine, medically.

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

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

cp.: compare.

i. e.: id est.

part.: participle.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

astron.: astronomy, astronomically.

Works & Authors cited:

Hervar. S.: Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Mythol.: Lexicon Mythologicum.

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