Bannböl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bannböl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bannböl" (or bannbǫl) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

bannböl (bannbǫl): bannböl, n. Bansættelse, Forbandelse; syndirok glœpir er menn falla í, þeir erohafðir til bannböla en eigi hirtir meðréttum refsingum Anecd. 222; jvf bölva,bölbœn.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, bannböl may be more accurately written as bannbǫl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛆᚿᚿᛒᚯᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

n.: Neutrum.