Buna

Old Norse Dictionary - buna

Meaning of Old Norse word "buna" in English.

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

buna Old Norse word can mean:

buna: u, f. [akin to ben], a stream of purling water; lækjar-buna, vatns-buna: bunu-lækr, m. a purling brook, Jónas 137; blóð-buna = blóðbogi.

buna: 2. one with the stocking hanging down his leg, ungartered; a cognom. (Björn buna), Landn.

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

Similar entries:

Buna (I)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

cognom.: cognomen.

n.: neuter.

nom.: nominative.

Works & Authors cited:

Jónas: Jónas Hallgrímsson.

Björn: Biörn Halldórsson.

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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