bót
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
ar, f., pl. bætr, [Ulf. bota; A. S. bôt; Engl. boot, booty, to boot; O. H. G. puoz; Germ. büsse; akin to bati, better, etc.]:—bettering, improvement:
- 1.
a cure, remedy, mental as well as bodily, from sickness, loss, sorrow, etc.; fá bót e-s, meina, Fms. vii. 251, ix. 427, Fas. i. 175; allra meina bót; vinna e-m b., to comfort one, Landn. 212; bera til bóta, to amend, Fms. xi. 236; berja … e-n til óbóta is to beat … one so that he never recovers from it.
- 2.
as a law term, almost always in pl., atonement, compensation, and esp. = mann-bætr, weregild, cp. vígs-bætr, sak-bætr, etc., Fms. vii. 36, Hrafn. 4, 9, Eb. 106, Ísl. ii. 272, and in endless cases in Grág. (Vl.) and Nj.: bætr and mann-gjöld are often used indiscriminately, e. g. tvennum bótum, or tvennum manngjöldum, a double weregild; cp. also the phrase, halda uppi bótum, to discharge, pay the b.; the sing. is rare in this sense, Nj. 58, Grág. ii. 182.
- 3.
in such phrases as, e-t berr til bóta (impers.), it is a comfort, satisfaction, Nj. 58, Fms. x. 264; (mikilla) bóta vant, very shortcoming, Ld. 328.
- 4.
a patch, of an old torn garment; enginn setr bót af nýju klæði á gamalt fat, Matth. ix. 17; svört bót var milli herða honum, Sturl. ii. 230.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- esp.
- especially.
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- sing.
- eintala (e. singular)
- impers.
- ópersónulegt (e. impersonal)
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)