Boða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - boða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "boða" in English.

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

boða Old Icelandic word can mean:

boða
(að), v.
boða
1) to announce, proclaim;
boða
~ kristni, to preach Christianity;
boða
~ helga trú, to proclaim the holy faith;
boða
2) to bid, order, with dat.;
boða
konungr ~ði honum á sinn fund or til sín, the king bade him come to him;
boða
~ em saman, to call together, to summon;
boða
3) to bode, signify (hvat þetta mundi ~).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.

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