Boða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - boðaMeaning 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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