Brand-stefn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

brand-stefn

Substitute: Having a prow with a beak? Cf. Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Cf. heáh-stefn, An. 266 :-- Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. brand-stefn