Brot

Old Icelandic Dictionary - brot

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "brot" in English.

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

brot Old Icelandic word can mean:

brot
n.
brot
1) breaking (cf. skipbrot); sigla til brots, to run ashore under full sail;
brot
2) Fragment, broken piece;
brot
3) fracture (beinbrot);
brot
4) a shallow place in a river or a firth;
brot
5) lever;
brot
6) spasm, convulsion, falla í brot, to have an epileptic fit.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᛏ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
f.
feminine.

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