Fram-byggjar
Old Norse Dictionary - fram-byggjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "fram-byggjar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fram-byggjar
- -byggvar, m. pl. ‘bow-sitters’ the men placed on the bow of a ship of war, Fms. ii. 312, Eg. 32, Hkr. i. 86, Orkn. 230.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅᛘ-ᛒᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)