Bú-sifjar
Old Norse Dictionary - bú-sifjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "bú-sifjar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bú-sifjar
- [qs. búi-sifjar, from búi, a neighbour], f. pl. relation between neighbours; góðar b., a good neighbourhood, Karl. 536; the phrase, veita e-m illar, þungar b., to be a bad neighbour, aggressive, Eg. 730, Fms. iii. 222; má vera at þá batni b. okkar, Fs. 31.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢ-ᛋᛁᚠᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)