Yrða

brýna

sagnorð

Merkingar

  1. 1.

    d, [brún], to whet, sharpen, ‘bring to an edge’; b. ljá, kníf, sverð, to whet a scythe, knife, sword, Edda 48, Ísl. ii. 348, Fs. 62.

    1. β.

      naut. to drag a boat or ship half a-shore, put her on the ‘edge’ of the sea-board; b. upp skipi, Nj. 19, Fs. 145, 147, Fms. viii. 333, v. 1.

  2. 2.

    metaph. to egg on, incite, Al. 33.

  3. 2.

    u, f. whetting; mowers call ‘brýna’ the amount of mowing done before the scythe wants whetting again.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

naut.
nautical.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
f.
kvenkyn (e. feminine)

Tilvitnuð rit

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Al.
Alexanders saga. (G. I.)