Ból-staðr
Old Norse Dictionary - ból-staðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ból-staðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ból-staðr can mean:ból-staðr
- ból-staðr
- m. a homestead; hon á þar bólstaði mikla, Edda, where Ed. A. D. 1848 has bústaði, which is a more household Icel. word; hálfan b., half the farm, Grág. i. 396, ii. 222 A.
- ból-staðr
- COMPD: bólstaðargörð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛚ-ᛋᛏᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)