Hafnar-búi

Old Norse Dictionary - hafnar-búi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hafnar-búi" in English.

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

hafnar-búi
a, m. a law term, a harbour-neighbour, i. e. the member of a kind of naval court composed of persons summoned from a harbour, Grág. ii. 401.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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