Bók
Old Icelandic Dictionary - bókMeaning of Old Icelandic word "bók" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
bók Old Icelandic word can mean:
- bók
- (gen. ~ar and bœkr; pl. bœkr), f.
- bók
- 1) beech, beechtree;
- bók
- 2) poet. textile fabric with figures woven in it (bœkr þínar enar bláhvítu);
- bók
- 3) book;
- bók
- lesa á ~, to read a book;
- bók
- rita á ~, setja á bœkr, to set down in writing, to put on record;
- bók
- kunna (festa) et útan ~ar, to know (to get) by heart;
- bók
- heilög ~, the divine book, the bible;
- bók
- 4) the gospel (vinna eið at ~; cf. ~areiðr);
- bók
- 5) Latin kenna em á ~, to teach one Latin;
- bók
- nema á ~, to learn Latin;
- bók
- setja en til ~ar, to put one to school (in order to make him a priest);
- bók
- hann heitir á ~ (in Latin) Jaskonius;
- bók
- svá segir (er sagt) í ~um (in Latin books);
- bók
- 6) lawbook, code of law (lög~, Jóns~).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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