For-boða

Old Norse Dictionary - for-boða

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-boða" in English.

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

for-boða
að, to forbid, Germ. verbieten, esp. eccl. to put under an interdict, K. Á. 44, 108, Bs. i. 141, Sturl. i. 123, ii. 4, H. E. i. 466.

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

Abbreviations used:

eccl.
ecclesiastical.
esp.
especially.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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