Bobbi
Old Norse Dictionary - bobbiMeaning of Old Norse word "bobbi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bobbi
- a, m. a snail-shell, Eggert Itin., hence metaph. puzzle, in the phrase, komast í bobba, to get into a puzzle.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛒᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.