Búðsetu-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - búðsetu-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "búðsetu-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- búðsetu-maðr
- m. a cottager, answering to ‘husmand’ in Norway, or búandi bóndi in Icel., Nj. 236, Grág. i. 294; vide bóndi above.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦᛋᛁᛏᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)