Old Icelandic Dictionary -

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

Old Icelandic word can mean:

n.
1) household, farming;
þat er bú, er maðr hefir málnytan smala, it is ‘bú’, if a man has a milking stock;
gøra, setja, reisa bú, to set up a home for oneself;
bregða búi, to give up farming;
eiga bú við e-n, to share a household with one;
fara búi, to remove one’s household;
vera fyrir búi, to manage a household;
búa búi sínu, to have one’s own household;
búa úmegðarbúi, to have many dependants (unable to work);
2) the stock of a farmstead (sumir lágu úti á fjöllum með bú sín);
drepa niðr bú, höggva bú, to kill or destroy one’s stock;
3) housekeeping;
fá til búsins, to procure necessaries for the maintenance of the household;
einskis þurfti í bú at biðja, there was plenty of everything;
4) farm, estate;
fara milli búa sinna, to go from one estate to another;
eiga bú, to own an estate;
5) home, house (reið Hrútr heim til bús síns);
vera at or á búi með e-m, to live at one’s house.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
e-m
einhverjum.
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