Boð-orð
Old Norse Dictionary - boð-orð
Meaning of Old Norse word "boð-orð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word boð-orð can mean:boð-orð
- boð-orð
- n. order, bidding; Guðs b., Hom. 34, Ver. 25, Bs. i. 67, Magn. 448: as a law term, an ordinance, K. Á. 192; = penance in eccl. sense, K. Þ. K. 26: in mod. usage, esp. the Ten Commandments (Tiu-laga-boðorð, or with the article, Boðorðin), Sks. 671, cp. Pr. 437, where they are termed ‘Laga-orð.’
- boð-orð
- COMPDS: boðorðabreytni, boðorðamaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)