braut
nafnorðkvenkyn
, brautu, ir, [a purely word, formed from brjóta, braut, as road from rotta, via rupta]:—a road cut through rocks, forests, or the like, and distinguished from vegr, stigr, gata (path, track); Önundr konungr lét brjóta vegu um markir ok mýrar ok fjallvegu, fyrir því var hann Braut-Önundr kallaðr, i. 46; ryðja b., to cut a road, Ísl. ii. 400; braut … eigi breiðari en götu breidd, 582.
II. as away, either with or without the ‘á’ or ‘í,’ á braut or á brautu, which is the oldest form; but the common form in the old writers is brot, or with a double consonant, brott; later by burt, burtu [Dan.-Swed. bort], which are the forms, but not found in very early : it occurs in a verse in the —reið Brynhildar bróðir | ‘bort’ sá er hug né ‘skorti:’—braut, brautu; braut hvarf or sal sæta, (in a verse), 88; þraut, fer ek einn á brautu, (in a verse); in the , in the old fragment 1852, pp. 19–26, where reads brott; the Miracle-book, i. 333 , constantly gives braut; so also vellum of the middle of the 13th century: brott, 603, 132, i. 275: burt, burtu, in of the 15th century; the use an abbreviated spelling b∞t (∞ denoting ro and or), so that it is difficult to see whether it is to be read brot or burt or bort. It is used with or without notion of motion; the forms braut, brott, burt, originally denote going away; the brautu, burtu, being away; but in common use both are used indiscriminately; þat var brott frá öðrum húsum, far off from other bouses, 203; vera rekinn brott (braut), to be driven away, 132; fara braut, to go away, x. 216; af landi brott, i. 275, 331, 145, 258, 264, also 10, 14, 26, 52, 196, ix. 431, 319, 370, and endless instances.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Engl.English.
- Ital.Italian.
- adv.atviksorð (e. adverb)
- prep.forsetning (e. preposition)
- metath.metathesis.
- mod.modern.
- MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- esp.especially.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- sqq.following.
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- cp.compare.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)