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sínum ástvinum); b. fyrir, to be present (hann ætlar, at Selþórir muni fyrir b. í hverju holti); b. hjá konu, to lie with a woman; b. í e-u, to be at the bottom of, = b. undir e-u (en í þessu vináttumerki bjuggu enn fleiri hlutir); b. með e-m or e-rri, to cohabit with; b. með konu, to lie with; b. saman, to live together (as husband and wife, as friends); to have a common household (ef menn búa saman); b. e-t til, to prepare, take the preparatory steps in a case (b, sök, mál, vígsmál til, cf. I) b. til veizlu, to prepare for a feast; b. til seydis, to get the fire ready for cooking; b. til vetrsetu, to make preparations for a winter abode; b. um e-n, to make one's bed (var búit um þá þórodd á seti ok lögðust þeir til svefns); þórólfr lét setja upp skip sitt ok um b., he had his ship laid up and fenced round; kváðu nú Guðrúnu eiga at b. um rauða skör Bolla, said that G. would have to dress B.'s (her husband's) bloody head; b. um andvirki, to fence and thatch hayricks; at b. svá um, at aldri mátti vökna, to pack it up so that it could not get wet; b. svá um, at (with subj.), to arrange it so, that; b. eigi um heilt við e-n, to be plotting something against one; b. um nökkurn skoll, to brood over some mischief (deceit); b. um grun, to be suspicious; b. um hverfan hug, to be fickle-minded; gott er um öruggt at b., to be in a safe position; b. undir e-u, to be subject to, suffer, endure (hart mun þykkja undir at b.); eiga undir slíkum ofsa at b., to have to put up with such insolence; to be the (hidden) reason of, to be at the bottom of (þat bjó þar undir, at hann vildi taka ríkit undir sik); þér vitið gørst, hvat yár býr undir (what reason you have) at girnast eina útlenda mey; b.e-n veg við e-n, to behave or act so and so towards one; sárt býr þú nú við mik, Þóra, thou treatest me sorely; b. við e-t, to enjoy (þú býr við eilífa ást ok biðr eilífra ömbuna); to submit to, put up with; ok mun eigi við þat mega b., it will be too hard to bide; b. yfir e-u, to hide, conceal; framhlutr ormsins býr yfir eitri, is venomous; lítill búkr býr yfir miklu viti, little body holds mickle wit; b. yfir brögðum, flærð ok vélum, to brood over tricks, falsehood, and deceit; (10) refl., búast, to make oneself ready, get ready, (bjuggust þeir at riða austr) b. ferðar sinnar, to make oneself ready for a journey; = b. at fara (b. ór þrándheimi; b. út til Íslands, b. á land upp); bjuggust þeir fóstbrœðr í hernað, they prepared to go on a freebooting trip; b. til bardaga, to make oneself ready for a battle; b. fyrir, to have one's own household (þat þing skal sœkja bóndi hverr, er býst fyrir ok bóndanafn berr); b. um (= búa um sik), to make one's own bed, to make oneself comfortable, to encamp (var hörð veðrátta, svá at ekki mátti úti um búast); b. við e-u, to prepare for a thing (b. við veizlu, bóði); b. (vel, kristiliga) við dauða sínum, to prepare for one's death; b. við vetri, to provide for the winter; absol., b. við, to make preparations (nú ríða hér úvinir þínir at þér; skaltu svá við búast, get ready to meet them).
búa-grettur, f. pl. quarrel between neighbours;
-kviðr, m. verdict of neighbours;
-kvóð, f. summoning of neighbours.
búandi (pl. búendr), m. = bóndi.
búand-karl, m. farmer (-karl eða þorpari);
-ligr, a. peasant-like, stout, sturdy;
-maðr, m. = bóndi.
búa-virðing, f. a fixing compensation by verdict of neighbours (búar).
búð, f. (1) temporary dwellings booth farmanna búðir, merchants' booths; esp. of the temporary dwellings at the Icelandic parliament; tjalda b., to fit up a booth (with tent-roof and hangings); (2) abode, dwelling place; fara búðum, to change one's abode; hafa harða, kalda b., to have a hard, cold abode.
búð (= búið, búit), used as adv., may be; b. svá sé til ætlat, may be, it will come so to happen; b. eigi hendi hann slíka úgiptu í annat sinn, may be

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