Brúðarfaðmr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - brúðarfaðmr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "brúðarfaðmr" in Norwegian.

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

brúðarfaðmr
brúðarfaðmr, m. Favn (faðmr) som Kvinde (brúðr) aabner for en Mand, at han kanlægge sig (láta fallast) deri og beliggehende; þessi valdr vin várs herra (Eth-mundus) líktist þeim fagrliga, er brúðar-faðminn flýði Post. 5073 (hvormed kansammenlignes: lét fallast í faðm DaneHeilag. I, 10411; lét Loki fallast í knéSkaða SE. I, 214; og paa den andenSide Udtrykket fúðflogi); svá víkja bœkrtil, at af brúðarfaðmi ( dvs. fra hans Und-fangelse af, jvf af skaddri brúðhvíluHeilag. I, 8715) hafi várr herra kallatJohannem frænda sínn til fylgðar okpostoligrar tignar Post. 46628.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛆᚱᚠᛆᚦᛘᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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