Höfða-búza

Old Norse Dictionary - höfða-búza

Meaning 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.)
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