Bringspölr
Old Norwegian Dictionary - bringspölrMeaning 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.