brúsi
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, a buck, he-goat, (Gl.): name of a giant, iii. 214. In Norway (), a lock of hair on the forehead of animals is called ‘bruse.’ In
α. an earthen jar, to keep wine or spirits in ( greybeard, Scott’s Monastery, 9), no doubt from their being in the shape of a bearded head. This has given rise to the pretty little poem of Hallgrím called Skeggkarlsvísur, Skyldir erum við Skeggkarl tveir, a comparison between Man and Greybeard (Skeggkarl = Beard-carle); leir-brúsi = brúsi; flot-brúsi, Hym. 26.β. a bird, columbus maximus, called so in the north of , but else heimbrini, Eggert § 556.II. a name of a man,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- Scot.Scottish.
- ch.chapter.
- pr.proper, properly.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Itin.Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)