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