Hand-bogi
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-bogi
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-bogi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-bogi
- a, m. a hand-bow, Landn. 288, Sks. 390, 626, Orkn. 148, Fms. vii. 45, Fb. i. 486; opp. to lásbogi, a cross-bow.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛒᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)