Brisingr (word)

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Brisingr was the object of "fire" in the Ancient Language. The word could be used by a magician for casting fire. Brisingr was used by Brom to light a fire when the tinder box would not work. Although this was the first spell Eragon casted, he originally thought it was a swear word that Brom used. He used it to kill two Urgals in Yazuac. The subsequent loss of energy caused by casting it almost knocked him unconscious. later on in Eldest, he felt it was funny to have needed so much energy for the spell. Brom said to Eragon that it is "not only a name for fire, it is the name for fire. Although this is a very effective spell, it requires much energy to cast when one is not well acquainted with magic. It can be used in many different ways - lighting a lamp, as a weapon (e.g. a fireball), or as light itself (e.g. a werelight). It may even be used for cooking, as mentioned in Eldest.

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Christopher Paolini has stated that brisingr was the first word of Old Norse that he found when investigating potential magic words, and he liked it so much he decided to base the entire Ancient Language vocabulary on it. He also claims brisingr as his favorite Ancient Language word.

In the game, "brisingr" is the only spell with an Old Norse name.

Eragon used brisingr on Durza and Urgals.

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