Bæði
Old Icelandic Dictionary - bæðiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "bæði" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
bæði Old Icelandic word can mean:
- bæði
- I) (n. dual from báðir, used as), conj.,
- bæði
- 1) ~ … ok, both … and;
- bæði
- ~ vitr ok framgjarn, both wise and bold;
- bæði
- ~ at lærdómi ok vitrleik ok atgervi, both in learning, and wisdom, and accomplishments;
- bæði
- 2) ~ … enda, both … and also, and indeed.
- bæði
- II) from biðja.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚦᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- conj.
- conjunction.
- n.
- neuter.
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