Boð-angr

Old Norse Dictionary - boð-angr

Meaning of Old Norse word "boð-angr"

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

boð-angr
m. (qs. boð-vangr), prop. a ‘bidding-place,’ market-place; only in the phrase, hafa e-ð á boðangi, to hold out for sale.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.
qs.
quasi.

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