Bog-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - bog-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "bog-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bog-maðr
- m. a bowman, archer, Fas. i. 382, Ingv. 34, Lv. 63, Fær. 56, Fms. vi. 413. bogmanns-merki, n. the zodiacal sign, Arcitenens, Rb. 102.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ingv.
- Ingvars Saga. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)