Búr-hundr

Old Norse Dictionary - búr-hundr

Meaning of Old Norse word "búr-hundr" in English.

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

búr-hundr
m. a pantry-dog, Fs. 89.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
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