Buðkr
Old Norse Dictionary - buðkrMeaning of Old Norse word "buðkr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
buðkr Old Norse word can mean:
- buðkr
- bauðkr, Art. 7, mod. contr. baukr, m. [a for. word derived from Gr. αποθήκη; mid. Lat. apotheca; Ital. bottega; Fr. boutique; O. H. G. buttick; mod. Germ. böttich; hence Germ. böttcher, Dan. bødker, mod. Icel. beykir = a cooper]:—a box, originallv a box to keep herbs and balsams in; tvá buðka með balsamum, Bs. i. 872, Mar. 43: buðkr nokkurr er húsfreyja átti, Glúm. 378, Stj. 215: Bauka-Jón, Pillbox-John, was a nickname given to a bishop in Icel. for having made money by dealing in medicine-boxes; kölluðu óvinir hans hann Bauka-Jón, sögðu hann hafa selt i smá-baukum, þat er hann léti sem væri dýrindi nokkur, Espol. Árb. 1685; hence prob. banka, q. v.
- buðkr
- COMPD: baukagröss.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- contr.
- contracted.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- for.
- foreign.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Ital.
- Italian.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prob.
- probably.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Art.
- Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
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