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he will not have such misfortune again.
búðar-dvöl, f. dwelling in a booth;
-dyrr, f. pl. door of a booth;
-gögn, n. pl. utensils of a booth;
-hamarr, m. a rock upon which a booth is erected;
-ketill, m. booth kettle;
-kviðr, m. a sort of verdict given by the inmates of a booth;
-lið, n. the inmates of a booth;
-maðr, m. inmate of a booth;
-nagli, m. booth-peg;
-rúm, n. lodging in a booth biðja kveðja e-n -rúms);
-sund, n. passage, lane between two booths;
-topt, f. the walls of a (deserted) booth;
-veggr, m. the wall of a booth;
-verðr, m. = -vörðr;
-virki, n. a fortification round a booth;
-vist, f. lodging in a booth (hafa -vist með e-m);
-vórðr (gen. -varðar), m. (1) cooking, cookery, halda -vörð, to take care of the cookery; (2) food, meat; eigi hafða ek þína veðra mér til -varðar, the rams of my flock I have not eaten; ráða til -varðar, to prepare for a meal.
búð-seta, f. living in a cottage.
búðsetu-maðr, m. cottager, (þeir eru búðsetumenn en eigi bœndr).
búðu-nautr, m. fellow-inmate of, companion in, a booth.
bú-far, n. household condition;
-fé, n. live stock, esp. the milch kine;
-fellir, m. starvation of livestock;
-fénaðr, m. = -fé;
-ferill (pl -ferlar), m. mover of one's household;
-ferli, n. chattels belonging to a household; fara -ferli sínu, to remove, change one's household and home; esp. live stock; hafði hann með sér skuldalið (dependants, family) ok -ferli (live stock);
-ferski, n. domestic or household utensils.
búfjár-ábyrgð, f. responsibility for bufé;
-eyrir, m. value in live stock;
fóðr, n. food for cattle;
-gangr, m. = -hagar;
-hagar, m. pl. pasturefields on an estate, esp. the homepastures;
-hagr, m. condition of the live stock;
-hald, n. keeping of live stock;
-laust, a. n. without live stock (búa -laust);
-leiga, f. rent of live stock;
-matr, m. food for cattle, stores of fodder;
-vegr, m. cattle track.
bú-fœrsla, f. removing of one's household;
-föng, n. pl. household necessaries;
-gagn, n. household utensil, = búsgagn;
-garðr, m. farm (esp. a big one);
-gørð, f. making a household in a place;
-hagi, m. pasture;
-hlífð, f. a saving of household provisions;
-hlutr, m. an implement of husbandry;
-höfn, f. pasture-field;
-högg, n. slaughtering of cattle.
búi, m. (1) dweller, inhabitant, esp. in compds. (berg-, hellis-, ein-búi); helvítis búar, inhabitants of hell; himna búar, inhabitants of heaven, angels; (2) neighbour = nábúi (Steinólfr b. hans); (3) a law term, neighbour acting as juror; kveðja búa, to summon the neighbours.
búi-griðungr, m. bull kept at the mountain-dairy, opp. to 'heima-g';
-maðr, m. neighbour-man.
búinn, pp. (cf. 'búa'), (1) prepared, fit, adapted; ek em gamall ok lítt til b. at (little fit to) hefna sona minna; (2) b. at e-u, endowed with (at flestum iþróttum vel b.); (3) ready, willing, margir munu búnir at kaupa, ready, willing to buy; engir munu sínu sik búnari (more willing) til liðveizlu; with gen., b. þeirrar ferðar, ready to make that journey: (4) b. til e-s, við e-u, on the point of; hann var b. til falls, he was just about to tumble; var búit við váða miklum, there was an imminent danger; (5) svá búit, as matters stand, thus; eigi má hlýða svá b., it will not do thus, something else must be done; stendr nú svá b. um hríð, matters stand thus (unchanged) for a while; þeir segja Eyjólfi til svá búins, they tell Eyolf the present state of things; þér skulut ganga með vápnum, en berjast eigi svá búit, not fight as yet; at svá búnu, as matters stand (hann kvaðst ekki fýsast til Íslands at svá búnu); at present, as yet (þenna draum segjum vér engum at svá búnu); við svo búit, thus, things being so (þeir skildu við svá búit).

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