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  • noun [ neuter ]
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bú, bý, es; n? [ic búe, he býþ, pres. of búan to dwell]
A dwelling, habitation; habitatio, habitaculum
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  • Bearn hér bú námon, and ðǽr eardedon

    here children obtained a dwelling, and there settled,

      Ps. Th. 101. 25.
  • Stanford and Deóra bý wǽron under Norþmannum

    Stamford and Derby [Deóra bý habitation of deer or animals] were under the Northmen,

      Chr. 942; Th. 210, 4; Edm. 8.
  • Se ðe hús oððe bý hæfde

    qui domicilium habebat.

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 3.
  • [Plat. buw, m: O. Sax. bú, n: Dut. bouw, m: Ger. bau, m: M. H. Ger. bú, bou, m: O. H. Ger. pú, m: Dan. bo, m. f: Swed. bo, m: Icel. bú, n. domus: Sansk. bhú, f. the earth, site, place.]
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