[5] bró: A hap. leg. According to CVC 780, this is the river Brora in Scotland, whereas Rygh (1904, 23) argues that Bró is Brua (from brú f. ‘bridge’), which he identifies as a small river flowing past the farm Brujordet in Skjåk, Oppland, Norway. The name is given as ‘bra’ in mss B and C, which could be related to the weak verb brá ‘glitter’ (see ÍO: Bró; Brá 3).
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
- Rygh, Oluf. 1904. Norske elvenavne. Efter offentlig foranstaltning utgivne med tilføiede forklaringer af K. Rygh. Kristiania (Oslo): Cammermeyer.