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Bugt

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Definitions

Definitions

3 definitions

1 bugt

n. bowing, servile homage: bugta, að, to make many bows, Snót 163.

2 bugt

β. a bight, bay, Dan. bugt (for. and rare).

3 bugt

γ. [boughtes, Spencer] = bugða, Fms. iii. 190, or false reading = beit (?).
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

bugt

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "bugt" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
for.
foreign.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Snót
Snót, poems.

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