Bobbi

Old Norse Dictionary - bobbi

Meaning 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.
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