Höfða-búza
Old Norse Dictionary - höfða-búzaMeaning of Old Norse word "höfða-búza" (or hǫfða-búza) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- höfða-búza (hǫfða-búza)
- u, f. name of a ship, Fms. viii.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, höfða-búza may be more accurately written as hǫfða-búza.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚠᚦᛅ-ᛒᚢᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)