Bœn

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

bœn Old Icelandic word can mean:

bœn

(pl. -ir), f. request, prayer;

bœn

er sú ~ allra vár, at, we all beg, that;

bœn

skaltu veita mér ~ þá (grant me the request), er ek mun biðja þik;

bœn

fella ~ at e-m, til e-s, to entreat one;

bœn

gera e-t at ~ e-s, at his entreaty or prayer;

bœn

vera (liggja) í ~um, to be at prayers;

bœn

biðja ~ sinni, ~ar sinnar til guðs, to pray to God;

bœn

góðr ~a, ready or willing to grant a request (konungr var góðr ~a).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary