brunn
nafnorð, karlkyn
brunn-migi
a, m. ‘mingens in puteum,’ a kind of hobgoblin who polluted the wells, Hálfs S. ch. 5. Fas. ii. 29, mentioned only here, and unknown to the present Icel. legends:—name of the fox, Edda (Gl.); cp. the proverb, skömm hundum, skitu refar í brunn karls, shame on the hounds, the foxes defiled the carl’s burn, Fms. vii. 21.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- ch.
- chapter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hálfs S.
- Hálfs saga. (C. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)