brún

From Old Norse brún.

• IPA^(key): [prʉun]
• Homophone: brúm

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, plural brýr)

1. brow
2. (archaic) brim

brún

1. inflection of brúnur (“brown”):
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): /pruːn/

  Rhymes: -uːn

Inherited from Old Norse brún (plural brýnn, later also brúnir), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, *brūwǭ (plural *brūniz < *brūwōniz).

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, nominative plural brúnir or (in fixed expressions) brýn or (colloquial) brýr)

1. brow, eyebrow

Note: The archaic nominative and accusative plural brýn is mostly used in fixed expressions, such as bera á brýn (“to accuse [someone] of [something]”). The definite nominative and accusative plural brýnnar finds slightly more use, mostly in expressions like hnykla brýnnar and setja í brýnnar. This latter form, pronounced /ˈpritnar/, has also been reanalyzed as brýrnar (and is often so spelled), and has given rise to the indefinite plural form brýr. Both brýrnar and brýr are proscribed, although they have been in use since at least the 17th century. Compare Faroese brún, plural brýr.

Inherited from Old Norse brún (plural brúnir), from Proto-Germanic *brūniz.

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, nominative plural brúnir)

1. rim, edge

brún

1. feminine singular of brúnn (“brown”)

From Proto-Germanic *brūwō.

brún f (genitive brúnar, plural brýnn)

1. sharp edge, rim
2. eyebrow

From the singular brún.

From the plural brýnn f pl.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brún

1. inflection of brúnn (“brown”):
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural