1 bölva (bǫlva)
að, [Ulf. balvjan = βασανίζειν], to curse, with dat. or absol., Stj. 37, 199, Sks. 539, 549, Hom. 33.
2 bölva (bǫlva)
β. to swear, Sturl. iii. 239. bölv, n. swearing, (mod.)
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