Bygging
Old Norse Dictionary - bygging
Meaning of Old Norse word "bygging"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bygging can mean:bygging
- bygging
- f. habitation, colonisation, Landn. 24, v. l., Stj. 176.
- bygging
- 2. tenancy, letting out land for rent, H. E. i. 495: in compds, byggingarbréf, b. skilmáli, an agreement between tenant and landlord.
- bygging
- β. buildings or houses, Matth. xxiv. 1; scarcely occurs in old writers in this sense; cp. Dan. bygning, Scot. and North. E. biggin, = building.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᚴᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)