Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Borga

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

1 borga

að, [Engl. to borrow and bargain; Germ. borgen; related to byrgja and bjarga; O. H. G. porgen only means parcere, spondere, not mutuare. In Icel. the word is of foreign origin; the indigenous expressions are, lána, ljá, to lend; gjalda, to pay; selja, veðja, to bail, etc.; the word only occurs in later and theol. writers]:—to bail; vil ek b. fyrir Árna biskup með mínum peningum, Bs. i. 770 (thrice): now obsolete in this sense.

2 borga

2. to pay, as in Matth. xviii. 25; but in old writers this sense hardly occurs.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

borga

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "borga" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

bisk: bishop.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
orig: original, originally.
theol: theology, theological.
theol.: theology, theological.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

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