BOTN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BOTN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BOTN

m. [Lat. fundus; A. S. botm; Engl. bottom; Hel. bodm; Germ. boden; Swed. batten; Dan. bund]:—the bottom; of a vessel, tunnu-botn, kistu-botn, etc., Nj. 133, Sturl. ii. 107, Hkr. ii. 245: the bottom of other things, e. g. of a haycock, Eb. 324; marar-botn, the bottom of the sea.

2 BOTN

β. the head of a bay, firth, lake, dale, or the like; fjarðar-botn, vatns-botn, vágs-botn, dals-botn: Botn is a local name in Icel., Fms. xi. 125: in pl. even = bays, nú er at segja hvat móts gengr við Grænaland ór botnum þeim er fyrir eru nefndir, MS. A. M. 294; Hafs-botnar, Trolla-botnar, the Polar Sea between Greenland and Norway; the ancients fancied that these bays were the abode of the giants.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᛏᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
e. g.: exempli gratia.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors

A. M.: Arna-Magnacanus.
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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