Brúsi

Old Norse Dictionary - brúsi

Meaning of Old Norse word "brúsi" in English.

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

brúsi Old Norse word can mean:

brúsi: a, m. a buck, he-goat, Edda (Gl.): name of a giant, Fms. iii. 214. In Norway (Ivar Aasen), a lock of hair on the forehead of animals is called ‘bruse.’ In Icel.

brúsi: α. an earthen jar, to keep wine or spirits in (cp. Scot. greybeard, Scott’s Monastery, ch. 9), no doubt from their being in the shape of a bearded head. This has given rise to the pretty little poem of Hallgrím called Skeggkarlsvísur, Skyldir erum við Skeggkarl tveir, a comparison between Man and Greybeard (Skeggkarl = Beard-carle); cp. leir-brúsi = brúsi; flot-brúsi, Hym. 26.

brúsi: β. a bird, columbus maximus, called so in the north of Icel., but else heimbrini, Eggert Itin. § 556.

brúsi: II. a pr. name of a man, Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

ch.: chapter.

cp.: compare.

Scot.: Scottish.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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