Boru-foli

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Boru-foli

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 boru-foli

a, m. a Norse law term, a stolen article put into an innocent man’s house; even if officers ransacked a house without having their persons searched, and find something, þá er b. ok liggr ekki búanda við, then it is b. and the farmer is free, N. G. L. i. 255.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚢ-ᚠᚢᛚᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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