Býta
Old Norse Dictionary - býta
Meaning of Old Norse word "býta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word býta can mean:býta
- býta
- tt, [bútr], to deal out, give, with dat. of the thing; býtti Hrafn silfrinu, Fas. iii. 256: esp. býta út, or út býta, to give alms, Hebr. xiii. 16, Gal. vi. 6.
- býta
- β. to exchange, Dan. bytte; býttum við jörðum okkar, Dipl. i. 12, H. E. i. 561.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)