Hafnar-búi
Old Norse Dictionary - hafnar-búi
Meaning of Old Norse word "hafnar-búi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hafnar-búi
- a, m. a law term, a harbour-neighbour, i. e. the member of a kind of naval court composed of persons summoned from a harbour, Grág. ii. 401.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚠᚾᛅᚱ-ᛒᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)