Yrða

brúðbekkr

nafnorðkarlkynbrúð-bekkr
the bride’s bench; in old wedding feasts the bride and bridesmaids were seated on the bride’s bench, the bride in the middle; the ladies were seated on the pallr or þverpallr (the dais or ladies’ bench), turning their faces to look down the hall; the brúðbekkr was the seat of honour, and the central part of the dais; the phrase, brúðr sat ‘a midjum palli,’ ‘á brúðbekk,’ 296, 151, 37, Ísl. ii. 250, 50; vide bekkr, pp. 56, 57.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • cp.compare.
  • i. e.id est.
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Sd.Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Lv.Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)