Brunaöld
nafnorðkvenkynBruna-öld
the Burning-age, the heathen time when the dead were burnt, preceding the Hauga-öld (Cairn-age) according to Snorri, ; at vér munim hafna átrúnaði várum þeim er feðr várir hafa haft fyrir oss, ok allt foreldri, fyrst um Bruna-öld, ok síðan um Hauga-öld, i. 141: the ‘Burning-age’ is in pre-historical; relics are only found in the mythological time (v. above bál) and in law phrases and old sayings, such as branderfð, , til brands ok báls, v. brandr: ‘brendr’ is synonymous to ‘dead’ in the old ; at kveldi skal dag leyfa, konu er brend er, praise no wife till she is ‘burnt’ ( buried), 70; and blindr er betri en brendr sé, nýtr mangi nás, better to be blind than burnt, better blind than dead and buried, 80; but it does not follow that burning was used at the time when the poem was composed; the saving had become proverbial.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- i. e.id est.
- pref.preface.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- s. v.sub voce.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)