bófi
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m. [Germ. bube, büberl, spitzbube, v. Grimm], a knave, rogue, in Icel. only in a bad sense; cp. the rhyming phrase, þjófar og bófar, thieves and knaves; no reference from old writers is on record (though it is common enough at the present day), except that in Eb. it is used as a nickname, Freysteinn Bófi; in Swed. it occurs as a pr. name, Baut. 1478, 1483.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Baut.
- Bautil. (K. II.)