brudled

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • brurled, brureled, brudeled, brudlid
  • brule, brudle, brurle, brurele (pronunciation spellings)

Etymology

From brud +‎ led. Literally, “bride path”.

Noun

brudled n (definite singular brudledet, indefinite plural brudled, definite plural brudleda)

  1. (folklore, archaeology, Setesdal, Sirdal dialect, Telemark) a line (or lines) of stones placed along a mountain path for wedding travels to a church from a village without a church; it is common to have a phallic stone (pikkstein) placed in such lines; there are over a hundred such places in Norway, but only one is still in use
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