Sund-búend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sund-búend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 sund-búend

m. A sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind; cf. fold-búend:--Saturnus ðone sundbúende héton, hæleþa bearn, Met. 26, 48. Ðone Saturnus sundbúende hátaþ (cf. stiorran ðe wé hátaþ Saturnes steorra, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 12), 24, 21. Hí (acc.) ne gesáwon sundbúende (cf. Hí (the people of the golden age) hió (acc.) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13. Ðæs ðe ǽfre sundbúend (men) secgan hýrdon, Exon. Th. 5, 22; Cri. 73. Ðæt ásecgan sundbúendum, 14, 19; Cri. 221. sund-buend

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚾᛞ-ᛒᚢᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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