Búðsetu-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Búðsetu-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 búðsetu-maðr

m. a cottager, answering to ‘husmand’ in Norway, or búandi bóndi in Icel., Nj. 236, Grág. i. 294; vide bóndi above.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᛏᛋᛁᛏᚢ-ᛘᛅᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

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