boð

From Old Norse boð, from Proto-Germanic *budą, from *beudaną (“to command; to offer”).

• IPA^(key): [boː]

  Rhymes: -oː

boð n (genitive singular boðs, plural boð)

1. message
2. order, command, commandment
3. offer
4. omen, sign, presage, portent

• boða (to proclaim)
• boði (messenger)
• sendiboði (messenger)
• véboði (oracle)

From Old Norse boð, from Proto-Germanic *budą, from *beudaną (“to offer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːð/
• Rhymes: -ɔːð

boð n (genitive singular boðs, nominative plural boð)

1. (in the plural) message

   Synonyms: skilaboð n pl, orðsending f, skeyti n

2. offer, invitation
3. party

   Synonyms: partí, veisla, teiti

4. (formal) order, command, commandment

   Synonyms: skipun f, tilskipun f, boðorð n

• matarboð n
• boðorð n
• boðorðin tíu n pl
• þiggja boð

• buð — Old East Norse

From Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Dutch bod, German Gebot.

boð n (genitive boðs, plural boð) (Old West Norse)

1. offer
2. message

• umboð

• Icelandic: boð
• Faroese: boð
• Norn: bod
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bod