Bóla
Old Norse Dictionary - bóla
Meaning of Old Norse word "bóla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bóla can mean:bóla
- bóla
- 1. u, f. a blain, blister (cp. Engl. boil), Stj. 272, Mar. 655 xxxii.
- bóla
- 2. small pox, Ann. 1349: also bólna-sótt, f., Ann. 1310, 1347; bólu-grafinn, part. pock-marked: bólu-setja, to vaccinate: bólu-setning, f. vaccination.
- bóla
- 2. u, f. the boss on a shield, a for. word, perhaps the Lat. bulla, Valla l. 213.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- for.
- foreign.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)