Bú-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - bú-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "bú-maðr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bú-maðr
m. a husbandman; góðr, mikill b., a good householder, skilled husbandman, Band. 8, Finnb. 334.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
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