Urðar-brunnr

Old Norse Dictionary - urðar-brunnr

Meaning of Old Norse word "urðar-brunnr" in English.

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

urðar-brunnr
m. the Weird’s spring, the holy well where the Norns reside, Vsp., Edda; there is a curious passage in an Icel. Christian poem written shortly after the introduction of the new Faith, where Christ is represented as sitting at the well of Urðr in the south, id. (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
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