Bauta
Old Norse Dictionary - bautaMeaning of Old Norse word "bauta" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bauta
- the remnant of an obsolete strong verb analogous to hlaupa—hljóp, [A. S. beâtan; Engl. beat; Germ. botzen, pulsare], to hunt, beat; bautu, 1st pers. pl. pres. indic., FmS. v. 83 (Ó. H. 1853 spells bavtu); svá bavtu vér björnuna, so do we beat (chase) the bears, GS. 13: part. pass. bautinn, beaten, slain, Lex. Poët. S. v. sverðbautinn; Farbauti, beater of ships, is the name of the giant father of Loki; hylbauti, beater of the waves, a ship, Edda (gl.); cp. Swed. bauter, strings for catching birds, Ihre.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- indic.
- indicative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- pass.
- passive.
- pers.
- person.
- pl.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gs.
- Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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