| 释义 |
braga-beaker|ˈbrɑːgaˌbiːkə(r)|
Also brage-goblet, etc.
[f. ON. braga- in braga(r)full the cup drunk at funeral feasts.]
A cup from which a toast is drunk.
Quots. 1847 and 1851 show that some writers, mistaking the etymology, thought the word was connected with Bragi, the god of poetry in Norse mythology.
1839G. Stephens tr. Tegnér's Frithiof's Saga 270 Thus should he stand opposite the Brage-goblet, first make a vow, and then drink out the Bumper. 1847I. A. Blackwell in T. Percy tr. Mallet's Northern Antiq. 549 Bragi's bumper—the Bragafull. 1851B. Thorpe Northern Mythol. I. 190 At guilds the Bragarfull, or Bragi-cup was drunk. 1854B. Jerrold (title) A brage beaker with the Swedes: or, notes from the North in 1852. 1921Public Opin. 15 July 61/3 Wielding Thor's hammer and drinking from the braga-beaker in the hall. |