Abstract
The article examines the use of the color brown in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, which is encoded bybrúnnandjarpr. More specifically, it seeks to determine through linguistic categorization the objects about which brown is used and to determine on the basis of its frequency whether for Old Norse-Icelandic brown should be placed in the earlier stages of the evolution of color terms or if it should be assigned to the later stages. The data show thatbrúnnis the more frequently used term, though the earliest texts suggest that bothbrúnnandjarprwere contextually restricted. Gradually,brúnncame to be applied to a wider range of objects, whereasjarprremained a secondary color term. As a basic color term,brúnnshould be assigned a fairly late stage in the temporal-evolutionary order of basic color terms.
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