Bringspölr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bringspölr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bringspölr" (or bringspǫlr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

bringspölr (bringspǫlr)
bringspölr, m. kun i Plur. bringspelir (se spölr): de bruskagtige Dele hvorved de ne- derste (falske) Ribben forbindes med Bryst-benet. Jomsv.* 5324; G. kastaði steini fyrirbrjóst Helga, svá at - lömdust bring-spelirnir Þorskf. 6517; er þegar lagt áhonum spjóti fyrir bringspölum (= fyrirbrjóstit Gísl. 2221) Gísl. 10612; bar sverðitat kviðnum fyrir neðan bringspölu okhljóp á hol svá at út féllu iðrin Svarfd.593; ef maðr verðr lostinn i öngvitfyrir bringspölum GrG. I, 14917; hvatvar fyrir brjósti þér þá er bringspelirokkrir komu saman? Fm. II, 151.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, bringspölr may be more accurately written as bringspǫlr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚱᛁᚿᚵᛋᛕᚯᛚᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
G.
Genitiv.
fd.
finlandisk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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