bringa

nafnorð, kvenkyn

Merkingar

u, f., Lat. sternum, the chest (brjóst, pectus), Nj. 24, Eb. 182, Eg. 719: the phrase, e-m skýtr skelk í bringu, one gets frightened, Eg. 49, Fb. i. 418.

β.
the breast-piece, brisket, Stj. 310. Exod. xxx. 27, = bringu-kollr.
γ.
metaph. a soft grassy slope, hence Gull-bringur, the golden slopes, whence Gullbringu sýsla in Icel.

COMPDS:

bringubein,
bringubreiðr,
bringukollr,
bringusár,
bringuteinar.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

f.: kvenkyn (e. feminine)
Lat.: Latin.
metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
COMPDS: samsett orð (e. compounds)

Tilvitnuð rit

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
Eg.: Egils saga. (D. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)