Bón
Old Norse Dictionary - bón
Meaning of Old Norse word "bón"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bón can mean:bón
- bón
- f. [A. S. bene; Engl. boon, in Chaucer bone], a petition, FaS. i. 408, Ann. 1418; cp. bæn.
- bón
- COMPDS: bónarmaðr, bónavetr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)