Yrða

bragr

nafnorðkarlkyn
ar, [akin to bragð, braga, bragi, ]
I. best, foremost; b. kvenna, best of women, 2. 15; Ása b., best of Ases, 34; b. karla eðr kvenna, 17: only used in poetry or language, the brego (princeps) Egypta, Norðmanna, Israelita, Gumena, Engla, :—hence the compd bragar-full or braga-full, a toasting cup, to be drunk at funeral feasts; it seems properly to mean the king’s toast ( Bragi = princeps), the toast in the memory of the deceased king or earl, which was to be drunk first; the heir to the throne rose to drink this toast, and while doing so put his feet on the footstool of his seat and made a solemn vow (stíga á stokk ok strengja heit); he then for the first time took his father’s seat, and the other guests in their turn made similar vows. For a graphic description of this heathen sacred custom, vide i. 49, i. 417 and 515, 32, i. 345. It is likely that the b. was mostly used at funeral banquets, though the passages in the Ragn. and ( also S. 12) seem to imply its use at other festivals, as weddings; also the description of the funeral banquet, i. 231, where ‘minni hans’ (the toast of the dead king) answers to bragarfull; also the funeral banquet recorded in Jómsvik. S., where the Danish king Sweyn made the vow ‘at bragarfulli’ to conquer England within three winters. This is said to have been the prelude to the great Danish invasion 994, 44, and to The best prefer the reading bragar- (from bragr, princeps), not braga-.II. nearly like mos, a fashion, habit of life, in compds as, bæjar-bragr, heimilis-bragr, híbýla-bragr, house life; sveitar-bragr, country life; bónda-bragr, yeoman life; héraðs-bragr, lands-bragr, say good or bad bæjarbragr, I. 15.III. poetry; gefr hann ( Odin) brag skáldum, 5, 17: in usage chiefly melody or metre.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • poët.poetically.
  • cp.compare.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • esp.especially.
  • i. e.id est.
  • ch.chapter.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • viz.namely.
  • mod.modern.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Yngl. S.Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)
  • Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
  • Hervar. S.Hervarar saga. (C. II.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
  • Ragn. S.Ragnars saga. (C. II.)
  • Hænsaþ.Hænsa-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
  • Fagrsk.Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
  • Bb.Búnaðar-bálkr.
  • Hdl.Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)