Bjóða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bjóða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bjóða" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bjóða Old Icelandic word can mean:

bjóða
(býð; bauð, buðum; boðinn), v.
bjóða
1) to offer;
bjóða
þeir höfðu boðit honum laun, they had offered him rewards;
bjóða
Þ. bauð at gefa (offered to give) Gunnlaugi hestinn;
bjóða
~ grið, to offer pardon;
bjóða
~ e-t til lífs sér, as a ransom for one’s life;
bjóða
~ e-t fram, to proffer, produce (~ fram vitni);
bjóða
~ e-t upp, af hendi, to give up, leave off;
bjóða
þá býðr hann upp hornit, gives up the horn, will not drink more;
bjóða
~ e-t undan e-m, to offer to take a thing off one’s hands (er þá kostr at ~ undan þeim manni varðveizluna fjárins);
bjóða
~ e-t við, to make a bid;
bjóða
~ við tvenn verð, to bid double;
bjóða
refl., ~st, to offer oneself, volunteer one’s service;
bjóða
Þóroddr bauzt (offered himself) til þeirrar farar;
bjóða
2) to do a thing to one, in a bad sense;
bjóða
~ e-m ógn, to wage war against one;
bjóða
~ e-m ójöfnuð, ofriki, to treat unfairly, oppress;
bjóða
~ e-m ógn, to affright, terrify;
bjóða
~ e-m rangt, to treat one unjustly;
bjóða
3) to bid, invite (~ e-m til sín or heim);
bjóða
~ mönnum til boðs, to bid guests to a banquet, wedding;
bjóða
4) to bid, order;
bjóða
sem lög buðu, as the law prescribed;
bjóða
~ e-m erendi, to commit a thing to one’s charge;
bjóða
~ e-m varnað á e-u, to forbid;
bjóða
~ e-m af landi, to order one out of the land;
bjóða
~ e-m af embætti, to depose one;
bjóða
~ út liði, skipum, to levy, troops, ships;
bjóða
~ e-m um, to delegate to one, to commit to one’s charge (þeim manni er biskup hefir um boðit at nefna vátta);
bjóða
5) to proclaim, announce;
bjóða
~ trú (kristni), to proclaim, preach a religion (the Christitian faith);
bjóða
~ messudag, to proclaim a holy day;
bjóða
6) of a mental state, to have presentiment of;
bjóða
e-m býðr e-t í hug (skap), one has a fore boding, presentiment of;
bjóða
mér býðr e-t fyrir, I forebode;
bjóða
mér býðr hugr við e-u, I abhor, dislike;
bjóða
impers., mér býðr ávallt hita (acc.), er ek kem í þeirra flokk, I feel uneasy whenever …;
bjóða
mér bauð ótta, I felt a fear;
bjóða
bauð þeim mikla þekt (they felt much pleasure), er þeir sá líkit;
bjóða
ef yðr býðr svá við at horfa, when you are in such a frame of mind;
bjóða
7) býðr e-m, it beseems, becomes one;
bjóða
sem konungsbarni býðr, as befits a princess;
bjóða
eptir þat fór vígsla fram eptir því sem býðr, as it is due, or proper.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚢᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.
acc.
accusative.
impers.
impersonal.

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