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íg-búend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
íg-búend, es; m.
A dweller in an island, an islander
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  • 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.
Etymology
[
Cf. Icel. ey-búi an islander.
]
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v. ég-búend and next word.
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v.  íg-búende.
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