Bú

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

bú Old Icelandic word can mean:

bú

n.

bú

1) household, farming;

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þat er bú, er maðr hefir málnytan smala, it is ‘bú’, if a man has a milking stock;

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gøra, setja, reisa bú, to set up a home for oneself;

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bregða búi, to give up farming;

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eiga bú við e-n, to share a household with one;

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fara búi, to remove one’s household;

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vera fyrir búi, to manage a household;

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búa búi sínu, to have one’s own household;

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búa úmegðarbúi, to have many dependants (unable to work);

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2) the stock of a farmstead (sumir lágu úti á fjöllum með bú sín);

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drepa niðr bú, höggva bú, to kill or destroy one’s stock;

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3) housekeeping;

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fá til búsins, to procure necessaries for the maintenance of the household;

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einskis þurfti í bú at biðja, there was plenty of everything;

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4) farm, estate;

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fara milli búa sinna, to go from one estate to another;

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eiga bú, to own an estate;

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5) home, house (reið Hrútr heim til bús síns);

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vera at or á búi með e-m, to live at one’s house.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢ