Böð
Old Norse Dictionary - böð
Meaning of Old Norse word "böð" (or bǫð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- böð (bǫð)
- f., gen. böðvar, [A. S. beadu], a battle, only in poetry, in which it is used in a great many compds; hence come the pr. names Böðvarr, Böðvildr, Böðmóðr, vide Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, böð may be more accurately written as bǫð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.