Spræna

Old Norse Dictionary - spræna

Meaning of Old Norse word "spræna" in English.

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

spræna Old Norse word can mean:

spræna: 1. u, f. a spirt, sprout, spring, of water; lækjar-s.

spræna: 2. d, to spirt, sprout; sprændi fram saurrinn, Stj. 383; skyrit sprændi ór honum, Lv. 64; blóð sprændi á brand, Lex. Poët.; und sprænir rauðum legi, Ó. H. (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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