bǫð

See also: bod and bað

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *badwō.

Noun

bǫð f (genitive bǫðvar)

1. (poetic) a battle

Declension

Declension of bǫð (strong wō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫð	bǫðin	bǫðvar	bǫðvarnar
accusative	bǫð	bǫðina	bǫðvar	bǫðvarnar
dative	bǫð, bǫðu	bǫðinni, bǫðunni	bǫðum	bǫðunum
genitive	bǫðvar	bǫðvarinnar	bǫðva	bǫðvanna

Derived terms

• Bǫðvarr (personal name)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “böð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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