Búkr
Old Norse Dictionary - búkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "búkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- búkr
- m. [Hel. bûc = alveus; Germ. bauch], the trunk, body, Eg. 289; esp. the trunk without the head, Nj. 123, Fms. i. 218, Bs. i. 625.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- Germ.
- German.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)