Buza

Old Norse Dictionary - buza

Meaning of Old Norse word "buza" in English.

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

buza Old Norse word can mean:

buza: u, f. [a for. woid; mid. Lat. bussa; O. H. G. buzo; Dutch buise; Engl. herring-buss], a sort of merchant-ship, Fms. vii. 289, ix. 304, xi. 425; freq. in the Ann. of the 14th century; it occurs first A. D. 1251, then 1299: in the 14th century, during the Hanseatic trade with Icel., nearly every ship was called buza, vide Ann.

buza: COMPD: buzuskip.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.: Anno Domini.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

for.: foreign.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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