Bola

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Bola

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 bola

að, prop. to fell trees, to cut through the bole (bolr), Fas. i. 106.

2 bola

II. [boli, a bull], to bully; b. e-n út, to push one out, as a bull with the horns: reflex, bolast, a wrestling term, of two wrestlers pushing or butting at one another with their heads.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᛚᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
for.: foreign.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
impers: impersonal.
impers.: impersonal.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
part: participle.
part.: participle.
pers.: person, personal.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
reflex: reflexive.

Works & Authors

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Valla L.: Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)

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