Brjótr

Old Norse Dictionary - brjótr

Meaning of Old Norse word "brjótr" in English.

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

brjótr
m. one that breaks, a destroyer, mostly in compds or poët., Hým. 17, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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