Bugt

Old Norse Dictionary - bugt

Meaning of Old Norse word "bugt"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word bugt can mean:bugt

bugt: n. bowing, servile homage: bugta, að, to make many bows, Snót 163.

bugt: β. a bight, bay, Dan. bugt (for. and rare).

bugt: γ. [boughtes, Spencer] = bugða, Fms. iii. 190, or false reading = beit (?).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

Dan.: Danish.

for.: foreign.

Works & Authors cited:

Snót: Snót, poems.

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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