Búast

Old Icelandic Dictionary - búast

Meaning 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.
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