Bygg
Old Norse Dictionary - bygg
Meaning of Old Norse word "bygg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bygg
- n. [Scot. and North. E. bigg; Swed. bjugg; Dan. byg; Ivar Aasen bygg; derived from byggja]:—barley, a common word over all Scandinavia, cp. Alm. 33, Edda (Gl.), Stj. 99, Bs. ii. 5, 532. 5; vide barr II.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)