Búsmala-reið
Old Norse Dictionary - búsmala-reið
Meaning of Old Norse word "búsmala-reið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- búsmala-reið
- f. a kind of rural bacchanalia of the shepherds on St. Thorlac’s Day (21st of July), H. E. i. 300 (note).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛋᛘᛅᛚᛅ-ᚱᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)