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Bók-vit

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1 bók-vit

n. ‘book-wit,’ learning, erudition, Bs. i. 793, Acts xxvi. 24.
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bók-vit

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

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n.
neuter.

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Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

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