Bón-leið
Old Norse Dictionary - bón-leið
Meaning of Old Norse word "bón-leið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bón-leið
- f. a begging path; in the phrase, fara b., to go begging from house to house, Nj. 185: in mod. use, fara bónarveg (að e-m) is to entertain, v. however boðleið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾ-ᛚᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)