Vettvangs-búi

Old Norse Dictionary - vettvangs-búi

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

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

vettvangs-búi
a, m. a neighbour to the place of action, to be summoned as búi, Grág. ii. 17; vætt-fangsbúar, Nj. 100.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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