Búð

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

búð Old Icelandic word can mean:

búð

I)

búð

f.

búð

1) temporary dwellings booth;

búð

farmanna ~ir, merchants’ booths; esp. of the temporary dwellings at the Icelandic parliament;

búð

tjalda ~, to fit up a booth (with tent-roof and hangings);

búð

2) abode, dwelling place;

búð

fara ~um, to change one’s abode;

búð

hafa harða, kalda ~, to have a hard, cold abode.

búð

II)

búð

(= búið, búit), used as adv., may be;

búð

~ svá sé til ætlat, may be, it will come so to happen;

búð

~ eigi hendi hann slíka úgiptu í annat sinn, may be he will not have such misfortune again.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary