Borð

Old Icelandic Dictionary - borð

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "borð" in English.

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

borð Old Icelandic word can mean:

borð: n.

borð: 1) board, plank;

borð: 2) the side of a ship (hlóðu skipin sem ~ báru);

borð: ~ á stjórn = stjórnborði;

borð: hlaupa (steypast, detta) fyrir ~, overboard;

borð: mikill ~i, prop. = borðhár, borðmikill, of a ship floating high out of the sea, fig., proud of mind (= skapstórr);

borð: bera e-n (hlut e-s, mál e-s) fyrir ~, to neglect, slight one;

borð: verða (allr) fyrir ~ borinn, verða allr fyrir ~i, to be (quite) thrown overboard, i. e. slighted;

borð: ganga at ~i við e-n, to submit, yield to, to come to terms with one;

borð: e-n brestr á ~i, one fails, is beaten;

borð: á annat ~, on the other hand; otherwise, else;

borð: þykkir vera harðr á annat ~, a hard one to pull against;

borð: 3) the inner margin of a vessel between the rim and the liquid (er nú gott berandi ~ á horninu);

borð: 4) board, table (used for meals);

borð: fara, ganga, koma til ~s or undir ~, to go, come to table;

borð: setjast yfir ~, undir ~, to sit down at table;

borð: sitja yfir ~ or ~um, to sit at table;

borð: rísa (standa upp) frá ~i, to rise from table;

borð: ryðja ~, to clear the table;

borð: þjóna fyrir ~um, to wait at table;

borð: setja e-m ~, to set a table before one;

borð: ~ eru uppi or upp tekin, the tables are set up; but ‘~ eru upp tekin’ may also mean the tables are removed, = ~ eru ofan;

borð: 5) board, food, maintenance at table (veita, halda e-m ~);

borð: 6) chessboard;

borð: bjóða e-m undir ~, to invite one to play at chess.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚦ

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

e-s: einhvers.

e-m: einhverjum.

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