For-boða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

For-boða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 for-boða

að, to forbid, Germ. verbieten, esp. eccl. to put under an interdict, K. Á. 44, 108, Bs. i. 141, Sturl. i. 123, ii. 4, H. E. i. 466.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛒᚢᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

eccl
ecclesiastical.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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