Definitions
Definitions
1 býfur
f. pl. the feet, with a notion of awkwardness; retta býfur, to stretch the legs out in an awkward manner; þar lá Kolfinnr son hennar, ok rétti býfur hölzti langar, Ísl. ii. 416: the passage Od. ix. 298—τανυσσάμενος δια μήλων—Egilsson in his rhymed translation renders graphically, ok meðal búfjár býfur rétti.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
býfur
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "býfur" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).