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(but the pl.'brœkr' is more common); vera í brókum, to wear breeches; gyrðr í brœkr, with breeches girt over one's underclothing.
bróka-belti, m. breech-belt;
-vaðmál, n. cloth (wadmal) for breeches.
brók-lauss, a. breechless;
-lindi, m. waist-belt = brókabelti.
brugðinn, pp. (see 'bregða') accustomed to, versed in (b. við e-t).
brugðning, f. breach, violation, altercation (for the worse).
brugg, n. (1) brewing; (2) machination, scheming.
brugga (að), v. (1) to brew; (2) to concoct, scheme; b. or b. saman svik, to concoct a fraud; b. e-m bana, to scheme his death; (3) to break (b. sáttmáli við e-n).
brugginn, pp. brewed (b. mjöðr).
bruggu-kanna, f. brewing can;
-ketill, m. brewing kettle.
brullaup, n. = brúðlaup, brúðkaup.
brum, n. (1) bud; (2) point of time (í þetta brum).
brumr, m. = brum (í þenna brum).
bruna (að), v. to advance with great speed, to rush (b. fram).
bruna-dómr, m. a sentence (doom) to be burnt;
-flekkr, m. burnt spot;
-hraun, n. burnt lava-field;
-vegr, m. the torid zone;
-þefr, m. smell of burning;
-öld, f. the burning age, the (heathen) time when the dead were burnt opp. to 'haugs-öld').
brund-tið f. the time when the ewes are 'blœsma'.
bruni, m. burning heat, fire; fig., burning passion (b. öfundar, lostagirndar, heilagrar trúar).
brunn-lœkr, m. brooklet coming from a well;
-migi, m. defiler of wells, fox.
brunnr, m. (1) spring; (2) well.
brunns-munni, m. the mouth or opening of a well.
brunn-vaka, f. an instrument to get at water under ice or snow;
-vatn, n. spring water;
-vigala, f. consecration of a well.
brú (-ar, pl. -ar, -r, brýr), f. bridge.
brúa (að), v. to bridge over (brúat var yfir dikit).
brúar-fundr, m. the battle of the Bridge;
-gørð, f. bridge-making;
-sporðr, m. head or end of a bridge.
brúða, f. (1) doll, puppet; (2) chairpost; á brúðum stólsins var skorinn Þórr, Thor was carved on the chairposts.
brúðar-bekkr, m. the bride's bench;
-efni, n. a bride to be, bride-elect;
-faðmr, m. a bride's embrace;
-hús, n. bride's chamber;
-lín, n. bride's veil;
-stóll, m. bride's chair.
brúð-bekkr, m. = brúðarbekkr;
-fé, n. bride's fee or gift;
-ferð, fór, f. bride's journey;
-gumi, m. bridegroom;
-hús, n. bride's chamber;
-hvíla, f. bridal bed;
-kaup, n. wedding feast, bridal (at bjóða mönnum til -kaups);
-kaupligr, a. pertaining to a wedding feast (-kaupligr viðbúnaðr).
brúðkaups-ferð, f. = brúðferð;
-gørð, f. holding a wedding;
-maðr, m. wedding guest;
-veizla, f. wedding feast.
brúð-kona, f. bridesmaid;
-laup, n. wedding, wedding feast; drekka, gera -laup, to hold a wedding: gera -laup til konu, to wed; ráða -laup, to fix the wedding day.
brúðlaups-dagr, m. wedding day;
-ferð, f. = brúðferð;
-kláði, n. pl. wedding garment;
-kostr, m. the cost of a wedding;
-stefna, f. wedding meeting;
-veizla, f. wedding feast,
-vitni, n. marriage-witness.
brúð-maðr, m. bridegroom's man, bridesman;
-messa, f. marriage service.
brúðr (gen. -ar, dat. and acc. -i, pl. -ir), f. (1) bride (konur skipuðu pall, ok var brúðrin döpr); (2) esp. pl. brides-maids = brúðkonur; sat Þórhalla milli brúða, Thorr was seated among the bridesmaids = milli brúðkvenna.
brúð-stóll, m. bride's chair or seat, = brúðarstóll.
brúk, n. a heap (brúkum in heaps); esp. a heap of seaweed (= þarabrúk).
brún (pl. brýnn), f. (1) brow, the projecting edge of a cliff or hill (cf. fjalls-, heiðar-, is-brún); (2) eye-

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