Bú-verk

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Bú-verk

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 bú-verk

n. dairy work in the morning and evening, milking, churning, and the like, Fs. 72; vinna heima b. með móður sinni (as a taunt), Fas. iii. 595; hence búverka, að, to do the dairy work; búverka-tími, a, m. the time, morning and evening, when dairy work is to be done: in the Grág. i. 147 búverk means generally every kind of household work, but esp. the lower part of it.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
part
participle.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)

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