boð

Icelandic

/ˈpɔːð/

noun
Definitions
  • (in the plural) message
  • offer, invitation
  • party
  • (formal) order, command, commandment

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse boð inherited from Proto-Germanic *budą (message, offer, precept, command, a bidding) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰewdʰ-

Gloss

be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

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