Haug-búi

Old Norse Dictionary - haug-búi

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

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

haug-búi
a, m. a ‘cairn-dweller,’ a ghost, Fb. i. 214, Grett. 38 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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