Bygging

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Bygging

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 bygging

f. habitation, colonisation, Landn. 24, v. l., Stj. 176.

2 bygging

2. tenancy, letting out land for rent, H. E. i. 495: in compds, byggingarbréf, b. skilmáli, an agreement between tenant and landlord.

3 bygging

β. buildings or houses, Matth. xxiv. 1; scarcely occurs in old writers in this sense; cp. Dan. bygning, Scot. and North. E. biggin, = building.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚴᚴᛁᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
p.
page.
Scot.
Scottish.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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