Búa

Viking Language Dictionary - búa

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "búa"

búa
vb (VII) to live (in a place), dwell, inhabit, live; prepare, make ready; arrange; búask mid prepare, get oneself ready; búask til [f somebody or something,’ genetive)">e-s] prepare oneself for [sth]; búask um make oneself secure, prepare

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛒᚢᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛒᚢᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-s
einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
f
feminine
m
masculine
mid
middle voice
n
neuter
pl
plural
prep
preposition
sth
something
vb
verb
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