Borði
Old Norse Dictionary - borðiMeaning of Old Norse word "borði" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
borði Old Norse word can mean:
- borði
- a, m. [cp. Engl. border; O. H. G. porto; Germ. borti; prob. akin to borð]:—a border, Lat. limbus; byrða á borða (acc.), t o embroider, Gkv. 2. 16; bregða borða, to leave off embroidering, 17; rekja borða, to embroider, Heir. 1, Og. 18; b. ok hannyrðir, Fas. i. 430, 523; kona sat við borða, a lady sat embroidering, Fms. ii. 148; slá borða, to embroider, Fas. i. 113; cp. borða skögul, gná, etc., a poët. circumlocution of a lady, Lex. poët.: tapestry, b. fimtigi alna, Dipl. iii. 4, Pm. 10, Bs. i. 77: of the tapestry of a church, esp. the choir, Nj. 6.
- borði
- 2. poët. a shield, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
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