íg-búend

Old English Dictionary Entry

íg-búend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ég-búend

Definitions

1 íg-búend

m. A dweller in an island, an islander :-- Hí ígbúend óðre worde Baðan nemnaþ island-dwellers by another name call it Bath, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 12. Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus ofer sealtne sǽ súðan brohte iégbúendum this letter Augustine brought across the salt sea from the south to the islanders, Past. Pref; Swt. 9, 8. [Cf. Icel. ey-búi an islander.] and next word. ig-buend

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚷ-ᛒᚢᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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