Búi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - búiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "búi" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
búi Old Icelandic word can mean:
- búi
- m.
- búi
- 1) dweller, inhabitant, esp. in compds. (berg~, hellis~, ein~);
- búi
- helvítis búar, inhabitants of hell;
- búi
- himna búar, inhabitants of heaven, angels;
- búi
- 2) neighbour = ná~ (Steinólfr ~ hans);
- búi
- 3) a law term, neighbour acting as juror;
- búi
- kveðja búa, to summon the neighbours.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- compd
- compound, compounds.
- compds
- compound, compounds.
- esp.
- especially.
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