Boð-leið
Old Norse Dictionary - boð-leið
Meaning of Old Norse word "boð-leið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- boð-leið
- f. a law term, the due course of a boð [4. β] from house to house, defined in Gþl. 432, N. G. l. i. 348, Jb. 181: in the phrase, fara (rétta) b., to go from house to house in due course, skipping none: perhaps the true reading Nj. 185 is, fara boðleið til búðar; some MSS. have bónleið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦ-ᛚᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)