Búnaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - búnaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "búnaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word búnaðr can mean:búnaðr
- búnaðr
- m., gen. ar, [búa.]
- búnaðr
- I. household, housekeeping, Bs. i. 76; reisa búnað—reisa bú, Sturl. iii. 106; færa b. sinn—fara búferli, to move one’s household, Jb. 288; búnaðar-maðr = búmaðr, O. H. l. 30; Búnaðar-bálkr, the name of the section in the code of law Jb. answering to the Landbrigða þáttr of the Grág., treating of household matters; and in mod. times the name of the very famous poem (of Eggert Olafsson), the Icel. ‘Georgics’ (marked Bb. in this Dict.)
- búnaðr
- II. dress, equipment, = búningr, Skálda 181, Fms. iv. 75, xi. 331; but esp. with the notion of ornaments in gold, silver, tapestry, Nj. 131, Eg. 701 (of a shield); altaris dúkr glitaðr með búnaði, Am. 95.
- búnaðr
- β. baggage, luggage, Bjarn. 19.
- búnaðr
- γ. a getting ‘boun’ (ready) for sea; in the naut. term, halda á búnaði sínum, Fms. ii. 254.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- mod.
- modern.
- esp.
- especially.
- v.
- vide.
- naut.
- nautical.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)