budeie

From Old Norse buð + deie (dairymaid, Old Norse deigja, comparable with Old English dǣge, bread maker or bread kneader, see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).

budeie f or m (definite singular budeia or budeien, indefinite plural budeier, definite plural budeiene)

1. a milkmaid working either at a farm or mountainous pasture (seter)

• “budeie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• (former official form; now non-standard) budeia, budeigja, budeigje

Equivalent to bu +‎ deie.

budeie f (definite singular budeia, indefinite plural budeier, definite plural budeiene)

1. a milkmaid working either at a farm or mountainous pasture (seter)

• “budeie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.