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brunnr

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(old form bruðr), [ brunna; bærne; and burn; brunna; brunn, all of them weak forms, differing from the Scandin.-Icel. brunnr; brönd; brunn]:—a spring, well; the well was common to all, high and low, hence the proverbs, (allir) eiga sama til brunns að bera, (all) have the same needs, wants, wishes, or the like; allt ber að sama brunni, all turn to the same well, all bear the same way, 137; seint að byrgja brunninn er barnið er í dottið, it is too late to shut the well when the bairn has fallen in; the proverb, ‘It is useless to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.’ In , the brunnr of Mímer ( 10, 11) is the well of wisdom, for a draught of which Odin pawned his eye; probably symbolical of the sun sinking into the sea; the pit Hvergelmir ( 3) answers to the Tartarus; 612, ii. 83: the word may also be used of running water, though this is not usual in , where distinction is made between brunnr and lækr, ii. 289, vide brunn-lækr.
2. a spring, fountain; b. hita (the sun), 5; of God, Christ, b. gæzku, miskunnar …, 33; með brunni Guðlegrar spekðar, 673 A. 49; b. mælsku, 56.
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