Bugr
Old Norse Dictionary - bugrMeaning of Old Norse word "bugr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
bugr Old Norse word can mean:
- bugr
- m. pl. ir, a bowing, winding; so Icel. call the bight or bend of a river, brook, creek, or the like; renna í bugum, to fiow in bights, hence ár-bugr, lækjar-bugr: the bight (inside) of a ring, finger, bow-string, etc.; í bug hringinum, Eg. 306; b. fingranna, Sturl. i. 189; grípa í bug snærum, poët. to grip the bight of the bow-string, Jd. 27: the scythe has þjó-bugr, q. v.: the concave side of the sails, sá af landi í bug allra seglanna, Fms. vii. 94: a curve, disorder, of a line of men or ships (in battle), rétta þann bug, er á var orðinn flotanum, i. 174; hence the phrase, aka e-m á bug, vide aka; vinda (göra) bráða-bug að e-u, to make haste, Grett. 98 A: á bug, Scot. abeigh (aloof), Úlf. 3. 27; mein-bugir, impediments.
- bugr
- β. convexity; b. jarðar, Rb. 468, unusual in this sense.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Úlf.
- Úlfars-rímur.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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