Búast
Old Icelandic Dictionary - búastMeaning of Old Icelandic word "búast" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
búast Old Icelandic word can mean:
- búast
- v. refl. to make oneself ready, get ready (bjuggust þeir at riða austr);
- búast
- ~ ferðar sinnar, to make oneself ready for a journey; = ~ at fara (~ ór Þrándheimi; ~ út til Íslands, ~ á land upp);
- búast
- bjuggust þeir fóstbrœðr í hernað, they prepared to go on a freebooting trip;
- búast
- ~ til bardaga, to make oneself ready for a battle;
- búast
- ~ fyrir, to have one’s own household (þat þing skal sœkja bóndi hverr, er býst fyrir ok bóndanafn berr);
- búast
- ~ um (= búa um sik), to make one’s own bed, to make oneself comfortable, to encamp (var hörð veðrátta, svá at ekki mátti úti um ~);
- búast
- ~ við e-u, to prepare for a thing (~ við veizlu, bóði);
- búast
- ~ (vel, kristiliga) við dauða sínum, to prepare for one’s death;
- búast
- ~ við vetri, to provide for the winter;
- búast
- absol., ~ við, to make preparations (nú ríða hér úvinir þínir at þér; skaltu svá við ~, get ready to meet them).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛅᛋᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- e-u
- einhverju.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.