Val-bráð

Old Norse Dictionary - val-bráð

Meaning of Old Norse word "val-bráð" in English.

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

val-bráð Old Norse word can mean:

val-bráð: f. venison, cp. Germ. wildpret; in melta knáttú móðugr manna valbráðir, Akv. 36.

val-bráð: 2. (mod. val-brá), a livid spot on the skin, a ‘port-wine mark,’ medic. Lat. macula, Bs. i. 423 (see foot-note 10, so also vellums of Sturl. l. c.): freq. in mod. usage, e. g. hann hafði valbrá á hægri kinn: in Bs. i. l. c. as the nickname of a person so marked; this mythol. term reminds one of Hel, the northern Hecate, who is represented as black on one side, see Edda.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

l. c.: loco citato.

medic.: medicine, medically.

mod.: modern.

mythol.: mythology, mythologically.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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