Frumsar-brauð

Old Norse Dictionary - frumsar-brauð

Meaning of Old Norse word "frumsar-brauð" in English.

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

frumsar-brauð
n. bread of the first-fruits, Stj. 615. 2 Kings iv. 42: frums- or frumsa- is in Icel. and in Norse popular tales esp. used of animals that are first-born through two or more generations; such animals are thought to have a wonder-power, cp. Ivar Aasen; hence

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
esp.
especially.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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