Búa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - búa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "búa" in English.

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

búa Old Icelandic word can mean:

búa: (bý; bjó, bjoggum or bjuggum; búinn), v.

búa: 1) to prepare, make ready;

búa: ~ skip í för, to make a ship ready for a voyage;

búa: ~ ferð sína, to make ready for a journey (voyage);

búa: ~ veizlu, to prepare (make preparations) for a feast;

búa: ~ mál á hendr e-m, to take out a summons against one, be in a lawsuit;

búa: 2) to dress, attire, adorn, ornament;

búa: bjó hón hana sem hón kunni bezt, she dressed her as well as she could;

búa: sá þeir konur vel búnar, well dressed;

búa: ~ beð, rekkju, to make a bed;

búa: ~ öndvegi, hús, to make a high seat, adorn a house (for a feast);

búa: öll umgjörðin var búin gulli ok silfri, adorned (mounted) with gold and silver;

búa: vápn búit mjök, much ornamented;

búa: 3) to fix one’s abode in a place, = byggja (þegar munu jötnar Ásgarð ~);

búa: 4) to deal with, to treat;

búa: þeir bjuggu búi sem þeim líkaði, they treated it as they liked, viz. recklessly;

búa: Haraldr bjó heldr úsparliga kornum Sveins, used S.’s stores rather unsparingly;

búa: 5) to live, dwell (~ í tjöldum);

búa: þeir bjuggu þar um nóttina, they stayed there during the night;

búa: sá maðr bjó á skipi (had his berth) næst Haraldi;

búa: 6) to have a household (cattle, sheep, and milk);

búa: meðan þú vilt ~, as long as thou will keep house;

búa: ~ á or at, with the name of the place added in dat., to live at or in (hann bjó á Velli; Gunnar bjó at Hlíðarenda);

búa: 7) to be, = vera (skip þau öll, er á vatni ~);

búa: ~ í skapi, brjósti e-m, to be, dwell in one’s mind (eigi býr þér lítit í skapi);

búa: sýnandi þá hjartaliga gleði, er í brjósti býr, that fills the breast;

búa: 8) to behave, conduct onself (bjuggu þeir þar fremr úfriðliga);

búa: 9) with preps.:

búa: ~ af e-u, to lose;

búa: láta e-n af baugum ~, to let him be deprived of his riches;

búa: ~ at e-u, to treat, = ~ e-u (cf. 4);

búa: þeir höfðu spurt hvern veg Þórólfr hafði búit at herbergjum þeirra, how Th. had treated their premises;

búa: ~ e-t fyrir, to prepare (þeir hlutir, er guð hefir fyrir búit sínum ástvinum);

búa: ~ fyrir, to be present (hann ætlar, at Selþórir muni fyrir ~ í hverju holti);

búa: ~ hjá konu, to lie with a woman;

búa: ~ í e-u, to be at the bottom of, = ~ undir e-u (en í þessu vináttumerki bjuggu enn fleiri hlutir);

búa: ~ með e-m or e-rri, to cohabit with;

búa: ~ með konu, to lie with;

búa: ~ saman, to live together (as husband and wife, as friends); to have a common household (ef menn ~ saman);

búa: ~ e-t til, to prepare, take the preparatory steps in a case (~ sök, mál, vígsmál til, cf. 1);

búa: ~ til veizlu, to prepare for a feast;

búa: ~ til seyðis, to get the fire ready for cooking;

búa: ~ til vetrsetu, to make preparations for a winter abode;

búa: ~ um e-n, to make one’s bed (var búit um þá Þórodd á seti ok lögðust þeir til svefns);

búa: Þórólfr lét setja upp skip sitt ok um ~, he had his ship laid up and fenced round;

búa: kváðu nú Guðrúnu eiga at ~ um rauða skör Bolla, said that G. would have to dress B.’s (her husband’s) bloody head;

búa: ~ um andvirki, to fence and thatch hayricks;

búa: at ~ svá um, at aldri mátti vökna, to pack it up so that it could not get wet;

búa: ~ svá um, at (with subj.), to arrange it so, that;

búa: ~ eigi um heilt við e-n, to be plotting something against one;

búa: ~ um nökkurn skoll, to brood over some mischief (deceit);

búa: ~ um grun, to be suspicious;

búa: ~ um hverfan hug, to be fickleminded;

búa: gott er um öruggt at ~, to be in a safe position;

búa: ~ undir e-u, to be subject to, suffer, endure (hart mun þykkja undir at ~);

búa: eiga undir slíkum ofsa at ~, to have to put up with such insolence; to be the (hidden) reason of, to be at the bottom of (þat bjó þar undir, at hann vildi taka ríkit undir sik);

búa: þér vitið gørst, hvat yðr býr undir (what reason you have) at girnast eina útlenda mey;

búa: ~ e-n veg við e-n, to behave or act so and so towards one;

búa: sárt býr þú nú við mik, Þóra, thou treatest me sorely;

búa: ~ við e-t, to enjoy (þú býr við eilífa ást ok bíðr eilífra ömbuna); to submit to, put up with;

búa: ok mun eigi við þat mega ~, it will be too hard to bide;

búa: ~ yfir e-u, to hide, conceal;

búa: framhlutr ormsins býr yfir eitri, is venomous;

búa: lítill búkr býr yfir miklu viti, little body holds mickle wit;

búa: ~ yfir brögðum, flærð ok vélum, to brood over tricks, falsehood, and deceit;

búa: 10) refl., ~st.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m: einhverjum.

dat.: dative.

e-u: einhverju.

f.: feminine.

e-t: eitthvat.

subj.: subjunctive.

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