Við-borði
Old Norse Dictionary - við-borði
Meaning of Old Norse word "við-borði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- við-borði
- a, m. [from viða (II); the spelling viðrborði, Al. 128, is therefore wrong]:—the broadside turned towards the enemy; in metaph. phrases, vera á viðborða, to be broadside on, in an exposed position, Fms. vii. 292; hann sparði ekki Grikki til at þeir hefði sik á viðborða, i. e. he used them as a forlorn hope, vi. 137; er því trúat at ek hafa látið hann vera á viðborða, Al. 128.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)