brýna
sagnorð
1. d, [brún], to whet, sharpen, ‘bring to an edge’; b. ljá, kníf, sverð, to whet a scythe, knife, sword, 48, Ísl. ii. 348, 62.
β. to drag a boat or ship half a-shore, put her on the ‘edge’ of the sea-board; b. upp skipi, 19, 145, 147, viii. 333, v. 1.
2. to egg on, incite, 33.2. u, whetting; mowers call ‘brýna’ the amount of mowing done before the scythe wants whetting again.Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- naut.nautical.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)