Boða

Old Norse Dictionary - boða

Meaning of Old Norse word "boða" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

boða Old Norse word can mean:

boða: 1. að,

boða: 1. to announce, proclaim, esp. as rendering of the eccl. Lat. praedicare, to preach the Gospel, as a missionary; b. Kristni, to preach Christianity, Nj. 157; trú, 158, Fms. x. 298, H. E. i. 510; sjáið, eg boða yðr mikinn fögnuð, Luke ii. 10.

boða: β. hón boðaði Þangbrandi heiðni, Nj. 160.

boða: 2. to bid, order, with dat.; lét hann b. á sinn fund öllum öldungum, Stj. 649; hann boðaði saman mörgu stórmenni, Bs. i. 470; konungr boðaði honum á sinn fund, the king bade him come, Fær. 131; b. e-n af löndum, to outlaw one, bid him off the land, Fms. vii. 17, 21.

boða: 3. to bode, signify; hvat þetta mundi boða, Eb. 270; e-m b. e-t, he has a foreboding of it; mundi þar til draga sem honum hafði fyrir boðat, Eg. 75: impers., e-m boðar ótta, one feels uneasy, Sturl. i. 109, where Bs. i. 410 spells bjóða ótta (better).

boða: 2. u, f. = boð, a command, N. G. l. i. 237.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

esp.: especially.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

dat.: dative.

impers.: impersonal.

pers.: person.

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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