bufför

• buffer
• buffär

Considered a contraction of Old Norse bú and fœra; compare Helsingian buföra, Norwegian buføra (“To move the cows to pastures”), Old Norse búfarir f pl, búferli n (“A household's move from one place to another in the country”).

bufför (preterite buffrä)

1. (neuter verb) To move the cattle to the shielings.
2. (neuter verb) To move, to resettle.

   Ska gje buffer heim nu?

   Are you going to move home now?

   Dȯm hallpå buffer.

   They are moving.

3. (neuter verb) To move in general; about moving of any kind.

• buffring
• buffringsbok
• buffellning
• bufferning
• bufförning