Böggr
Old Norse Dictionary - böggr
Meaning of Old Norse word "böggr" (or bǫggr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- böggr (bǫggr)
- m., dat. böggvi, an obsol. word, a bag; breiðr b., a big bag, in a metaph. sense, Glúm. (in a verse): the dimin. böggull, m. a small bag, is in freq. use as a nickname, Arn. S. BS. i. bögla, að, to shrivel, v. bagla.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, böggr may be more accurately written as bǫggr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- obsol.
- obsolete.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)