Bauka
Old Norse Dictionary - bauka
Meaning of Old Norse word "bauka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bauka
- að, [Swed. böka], prop. to dig, to rummage; hann b. til fiskanna, viz. in order to steal them, Grett. 137; aldri skal ek í belginn bauka, says the giant in the tale, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 458.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.