bruðr

See also: brúðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• brunnr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brunnô.

Noun

bruðr m (genitive brunns, plural brunnar)

1. a spring
2. a well

Declension

  Declension of bruðr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bruðr	bruðrinn	brunnar	brunnarnir
accusative	brunn	brunninn	brunna	brunnana
dative	brunni	brunninum	brunnum	brunnunum
genitive	brunns	brunnsins	brunna	brunnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: brunnur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brunn, brønn
• Norwegian Bokmål: brønn
• Swedish: brunn
• Danish: brønd
• Scanian: brønn

References

• “brunnr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press