Báðir

Old Norse Dictionary - báðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "báðir"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

báðir
adj. pron. dual, gen. beggja, neut. bæði; rarely báði, gen. báðra, sometimes occur in MSS. of the 14th century, but both of them are Norse forms, [Goth. bai, baioþs; A. S. ba; Engl. both; Germ. beide; cp. also Gr. αμφω, Lat. ambo]:—both, Nj. 82, Sturl. iii. 314, Eg. 257, Grág. i. 368, n. G. l. i. 33, Ísl. ii. 348, FmS. x. 118, etc. etc.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
neut.
neuter.
pron.
pronoun.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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