Búðsetu-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - búðsetu-maðr

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

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

búðsetu-maðr
m. a cottager, answering to ‘husmand’ in Norway, or búandi bóndi in Icel., Nj. 236, Grág. i. 294; vide bóndi above.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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