Buna
Old Norse Dictionary - buna
Meaning of Old Norse word "buna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word buna can mean:buna
- buna
- u, f. [akin to ben], a stream of purling water; lækjar-buna, vatns-buna: bunu-lækr, m. a purling brook, Jónas 137; blóð-buna = blóðbogi.
- buna
- 2. one with the stocking hanging down his leg, ungartered; a cognom. (Björn buna), Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- cognom.
- cognomen.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jónas
- Jónas Hallgrímsson.
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)