Bugt

Old Norse Dictionary - bugt

Meaning of Old Norse word "bugt" in English.

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

bugt Old Norse word can mean:

bugt
n. bowing, servile homage: bugta, að, to make many bows, Snót 163.
bugt
β. a bight, bay, Dan. bugt (for. and rare).
bugt
γ. [boughtes, Spencer] = bugða, Fms. iii. 190, or false reading = beit (?).

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
Dan.
Danish.
for.
foreign.

Works & Authors cited:

Snót
Snót, poems.
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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