Bið-stund

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Bið-stund

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 bið-stund

f. (biðstóll, Bs. i. 292 is prob. a false reading), biding a bit, Bs. i. 292, 704, Fms. viii. 151, Thom. 104.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛏ-ᛋᛏᚢᚾᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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