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bref

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ word, from brĕve, like and brief; brev], in with a long e, bréf
a letter, written deed, rescript, Letter-writing is never mentioned in the true Sagas before the end of the old Saga time, about 1015. Bréf occurs for the first time as a sort of dispatch in the negotiation between Norway and Sweden 1018; lét þau fara aptr með bréfum þeim er Ingigerðr konungs dóttir ok þau Hjalti sendu jarli ok Ingibjörgu, 71; bréf ok innsigli Engla konungs ( king Canute, 1024), 120: a royal letter is also mentioned 13 (of St. Olave, 1014–1030). The earliest deeds on record are of the end of the 11th century; in the , , and (12th and 13th centuries) letters of every kind, public and private, are mentioned, vide by Jon Sigurdsson, i. 478–481, , vii–x, [In the Saga time, ‘orð ok jartegnir,’ words and tokens, is a standing phrase; the ‘token’ commonly was a ring; the instances are many, 41, 42, 7, Gunnl. S.; the interesting passage in the mythical verse 8, where the sister ties one hair of a wolf in the ring—hár fann ek heiðingja riðit í hring rauðan—as a warning token; also the story of the coin used as a token in 8. In the old Sagas even runes are hardly mentioned as a medium of writing; but v. rune.]
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • for.foreign.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • proncd.pronounced.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • ch.chapter.
  • viz.namely.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • cp.compare.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
  • Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
  • D. I.Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)