1 BOGI
a, m. [A. S. boga; Engl. bow; Germ. bogen]
2 BOGI
1. a bow, Nj. several times; skjóta af boga, 29, 96; benda b., Fas. ii. 88, Landn. 288, Fms. ii. 321, iii. 228; álm-bogi, hand-bogi, lás-bogi, ý-bogi, q. v.
3 BOGI
2. metaph. an arch, vault, Sks. 116: the rainbow, Stj. 62: metaph., bera mál ór boga, to disentangle a case, Sks. 654; himin-bogi, the sky; blóð-bogi, a gush of blood; regn-bogi, a rainbow; öln-bogi, an elbow.
4 BOGI
3. a spurt as from a fountain or a vein; þá stóð bogi úr kaleikinum, Bs. i. 321; blóð-bogi.
5 BOGI
COMPDS: bogadreginn, bogaháls, bogalist, bogamynd, bogaskot, bogastrengr, bogavápn.