Búsmala-reið

Old Norse Dictionary - búsmala-reið

Meaning of Old Norse word "búsmala-reið" in English.

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

búsmala-reið
f. a kind of rural bacchanalia of the shepherds on St. Thorlac’s Day (21st of July), H. E. i. 300 (note).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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