Broddr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - broddr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "broddr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

broddr Old Icelandic word can mean:

broddr
1) spike;
broddr
2) a kind of shaft = broddör;
broddr
3) sting (of an insect);
broddr
4) prick, goad;
broddr
5) the front of a column or body of men, opp. to hali, the rear (~ fylkingar);
broddr
6) vera í broddi lífsins, to be in the prime of life.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᛏᛏᚱ

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