bygd (OSw) bygth (ODan) byggð (ON) bygð (ON) byghþ (OSw) noun

Inhabited area or district sometimes including the inhabitants and the cultivated land.


area ODan ESjL 1−3
ODan JyL 1−3
ODan SkKL 11
ODan SkL 72
OIce Þfb 7

community ONorw FrL Intr 12
OSw SdmL Jb, Bb

district OIce Llb 12
farm ONorw FrL Intr 12
ONorw GuL Tfb

habitation ONorw BorgL 5.14
home district ONorw FrL KrbA 43
inhabited area ONorw BorgL 14.12
inhabited place OIce Grg Lbþ 210
neighbourhood OSw MEL Rb
place ODan ESjL 3
settlement (2) ODan ESjL 3
ODan SkL 69
ODan VSjL 72, 75
OIce Js Þfb 6
ONorw EidsL 15.2 29.3
ONorw MLL Þfb 8, 13, Lvb 3, Llb 14, 46
OSw ÖgL Bb

village ODan JyL 2
ODan SkL 240

village surroundings ODan ESjL 3 Refs:

CV s.v. bygð; Hertzberg s.v. bygð; KLNM s.v. –bygd; ONP s.v. byggð; Schlyter 1877 s.v. bygd; Zoega s.v. bygð

Citation
  • ‘bygd’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/822
    (07/27/2024)