Bölva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bölva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bölva" (or bǫlva) in Norwegian.

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

bölva (bǫlva): bölva, v. (að) forbande, mods. bleza, m.Dat. a) om Gud, der lægger sin For-bandelse, Vrede paa noget; hversú máguð þiggja þat hér í fórn, er hannbölvaði sjalfr í sínni reiði, því at guðvill þiggja bletsaða fórn en eigi böl-vaða Kgs. 15232; bannaði guð þeim okbölvaði Stj. 377: bölvaðr verð þú fyriröll kvikendi á jörðu Kgs. 11511; jvfStj. 3712 (1 Mos. 3, 14); hann vildimeðr engu móti samþykkjast þí böl-vaða ok bannaða verki Stj. 1998; guðbölvi þér, at þú valkar mér svá lengiEl. 3316; b) om Mennesker, der ønskeondt, nedkalde Guds Forbandelse overnoget: tók at bölva David i sínumgœzkulausum guðum Stj. 46421 (1 Sam.17, 43); hann (dvs. Simei) bölvaði mérKgs. 16412 (1 Kong. 2, 8); keisarinnbölvaði (= bannsetti 67022) henni (dvs.Borgen) Post. 67018.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚯᛚᚠᛆ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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