Bófi
Old Norse Dictionary - bófi
Meaning of Old Norse word "bófi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bófi
- a, m. [Germ. bube, büberl, spitzbube, v. Grimm], a knave, rogue, in Icel. only in a bad sense; cp. the rhyming phrase, þjófar og bófar, thieves and knaves; no reference from old writers is on record (though it is common enough at the present day), except that in Eb. it is used as a nickname, Freysteinn Bófi; in Swed. it occurs as a pr. name, Baut. 1478, 1483.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Baut.
- Bautil. (K. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)