ból
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ botl and bolt, byld, = aedes, mansio; bytlian = aedificare; to build. In contracted in the same way as nál for nadal: böl and böll are very in local names, and even mark the line of settlements]:—‘built,’ reclaimed and cultivated land, a farm, abode, in Norway, where ból answers to jörð, gård; the value of the Norse farms is denoted by merkr-ból, eyris-ból, or the like; taka bóli, to take a farm, 328, 354. In this sense is almost obsolete, and only remains in such words as, ból-staðr, ból-festa; in local names as, Hörðu-ból, Sæ-ból, Lauga-ból, Ból-staðr, Breiðaból-staðr; in such phrases as, á bygðu bóli ( to wilderness), hvergi á bygðu bóli, nowhere, nowhere among men; and in a few law passages, ii. 279, x. 153, Otherwise, in ból and bæli denote the lair or lying place of beasts or cattle; ból and kvía-ból, the place where sheep and cows are penned; bæla fé, to pen sheep during the night.
β. a den, 41, iii. 345, 74 (the lair of a serpent); tóku sumir heyhjálma nokkura ok görðu sér af ból, a bed of hay, vii. 296; liggja í bólinn, to lie a-bed, of a lazy fellow; bæli.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- Dan.Danish.
- i. e.id est.
- esp.especially.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- opp.opposed.
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)