Búgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Búgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: búian, búwian, to búgianne; Related words: a. acc. To inhabit, occupy;

Definitions

1 búgian

p. ode; pp. od. I. intrans. To dwell; habitare:-- Ge ðǽr búgiaþ ye dwell there, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 22. II. inhabitare, incolere:-- Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4.

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ᛒᚢᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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