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brandr

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I. [ brenna, to burn; brand (rare)], a brand, firebrand; even used synonymous with ‘hearth,’ as in the Old saying, ‘este (dear) buith (are) oun brondes,’ E. Specimens; b. af brandi brenn, 56; at bröndum, at the fire-side, 2, 195, 201; hvarfa ek blindr of branda, id., 759; eldi-brandr.
2. [ brand, brand], a flame; til brands, ad urnam, i. 50 (rare); surtar-brandr, jet; v. brand-erfð.
II. [ brand, Beow. verse 1454; brand = ensis; to brandish], the blade of a sword; brast þat ( the sword) undir hjaltinu, ok fór b. grenjandi niðr í ána, ii. 484, 82, 238, i. 17, ii. 12; víga-brandr, a war-brand, a meteor.III. a name of a man, Brand.B. On ships, the raised prow and poop, ship’s beak, (svíri and brandr seem to be used synonymously, S. ); fellr brattr breki bröndum hærri, the waves rise high above the ‘brandar,’ 2. 17; brandar af knerri (a b. on a merchant-ship), 90 new , ix. 304; hann tók um skipstafninn; en menn hans tóku af hendr hans, því at bráð var eigi af brandinum ( of the ‘high prow’ of a ship), viii. 217; leiddist mér fyrir Þórsbjörgum, er brandarnir á skipum Bagla stóðu í augu mér, 372, 247; gyltir brandar ok höfuð, , where some ‘höfuð ok svirar.’
2. ships’ beaks used as ornaments over the chief door of dwellings, always in ; af knerri þeim eru brandar veðrspáir fyrir dyrum, before (above?) the door, 231, 116, where it can be seen that the b. were two, one at each side of the door; hann sá fatahrúgu á bröndum, heaps of clothes on the b., 179; b. ákafliga háfir fyrir höllinni svá at þeir gnæfðu yfir bust hennar (b. exceeding high over the door so that they rose above the gable), gyltir vóru knappar á ofanverðum bröndunum, S.: these doors are hence called branda-dyrr, ii. 106, iii. 200, 218.
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