Bann-bóla
Old Norse Dictionary - bann-bóla
Meaning of Old Norse word "bann-bóla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bann-bóla
- u, f. a bull of excommunication, Anecd. 8. bann-færa, ð, to place under ban, K. Á. 134, Sturl. ii. 3. bann-setja, tt, id., K. Á. 64, Sturl. ii. 3, H. E. i. 471; part. pass, under ban, accursed, Fas. iii. 423, Stj. 417.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᚾ-ᛒᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)