At-búnaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - at-búnaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-búnaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word at-búnaðr can mean:at-búnaðr
- at-búnaðr
- ar, m. attention, care, especially of funeral rites; veita a. dauðum mönnum, to lay out dead bodies, Eg. 34, v. 1.
- at-búnaðr
- 2. now gener. accommodation or assistance in all that regards domestic life, esp. clothing; góðr, illr a.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᛒᚢᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- esp.
- especially.
- gener.
- generally.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)