Nottingham Rune Dictionary

A dictionary of Viking Age rune stones. Use the form to search for words in the corpus or browse by intial letter.

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baðir (adj.,num.) ‘both’ — 16

barð (n.) ‘prow, stern (of a ship)’ — 1

barn (n.) ‘child’ — 3

bera (v.) ‘to bear, give birth to’ — 2

berg (f.) ‘help, deliverance’ — 1

berg (n.) ‘rock, cliff’ — 1

biarga (v.) ‘to save, preserve’ — 7

biðia (v.) ‘to ask, bid, pray’ — 14

binda (v.) ‘to bind, fasten, tie, tie up’ — 3

biærtr (adv.) ‘bright, shining, illustrious’ — 1

blakkrmaðr (?) (m.) ‘black man (?)’ — 1

bo (n.) ‘farm, settlement’ — 3

boa (v.) ‘to live, dwell, settle’ — 30

bondi (m.) ‘man, farmer, peasant, landowner’ — 211

borg (f.) ‘fortification, fortress’ — 2

bort (adv.) ‘away’ — 1

bot (f.) ‘penance, help, improvement’ — 1

botrun(ar) (f.) ‘healing runes (?)’ — 1

bǿn (f.) ‘request, prayer’ — 1

bra (f.) ‘lightning (?)’ — 1

braut (f.) ‘road, way’ — 7

brinna (v.) ‘to burn’ — 1

briuta (v.) ‘to break, destroy’ — 2

bro (f.) ‘bridge, causeway’ — 130

broðir (m.) ‘brother’ — 444

broðir/faðir (m.) ‘brother/father’ — 2

bryggia (f.) ‘landing, bridge, gangway, quay’ — 2

bryti (m.) ‘bailiff, under-steward, administrator’ — 2

bræiðr (adj.) ‘broad, wide’ — 3

byrð(r) (f.) ‘burden, load’ — 1

býr (m.) ‘farm, homestead’ — 12

bæria (v.) ‘to beat, strike, fight’ — 2

bærias (v.) ‘to fight, battle’ — 1

bætr (adv.,comp.) ‘better’ — 14

bætri (adj.,comp.) ‘better’ — 2

bæztr (adj.,sup.) ‘best’ — 16