Býn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Býn

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 býn

def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy] Inhabited, occupied; habitatus :-- Ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 45. Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande wild mountains lie along the inhabited land, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 44. byn

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚣᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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