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n.1) bid, offer;bjóða boð fyrir e-n, to make bids or offers for one;hvat er í boði, what is the offer;eiga boð á jörð, to have the right of being offered an estate, before it is sold to another;2) banquet, wedding feast;hafa e-n í boði sínu, to entertain one at one’s feast;fóru þeir allir til boðsins, to the wedding feast;3) bidding, order, commandment;ganga undir boð e-s, to submit to one’s bidding;eptir boði e-s, at or by one’s order;4) message;gera e-m boð, to send to one, send one word; a summons, a sign or token of summons, being an arrow, axe or the like to call people to battle or council (hefja boð).* * *n. [Ulf. buzns; Germ. bote, gebot; cp. bjóða].1. a bid, offer; konungr bauð ( offered) at fá Gunnari kvánfang ok ríki mikit…Gunnarr þakkaði konungi boð sitt, Nj. 46; bjóða boð fyrir e-n, to make bids or offers for one, Lv. 25, Vígl. 28; hvat er í boði, what is the bidding? metaph. from an auction, O. H. L. 71.2. a feast, wedding, banquet, to which the guests are ‘bidden;’ veizlan fór vel fram, en er boði var lokit, when the feast was past, Nj. 25; fóru þeir allir til boðsins, the wedding feast, Fms. xi. 106; skyldi boð vera at Marðar, Nj. 4; hafa e-n í boði sínu, to entertain at one’s feast, Fms. i. 40; haust-boð, Gísl. 27.3. [A. S. bebod], a bidding, commandment, Fms. ii. 30, 168, xi. 246; boð ok bann, v. bann.β. the right of redemption, a Norse law term; skal sá óðalsmaðr er boði er næstr brigð upp hefja, Gþl. 294; ok svá eigu þær boð á jörðum jafnt sem karlar, N. G. L. i. 92, 94, 237.4. a message; göra e-m boð, to call for one, N. G. L. i. 60.β. metaph. and a law term, a summons, being an arrow, axe, or the like sent to call people to battle or council, as symbolical of the speed to be used, or of the punishment to be inflicted, if the summons be not obeyed; cp. herör; so the Swed. budsticka or budkafle, (till tings, till tings, budkaflen går kring borg och dal! Tegner), and the fiery cross in the Lady of the Lake. In Icel., at least in the west part, a small wooden axe is still sent from farm to farm to summon people to the mantals-thing in the spring; vide Gþl. 433 sqq., Jb. 180, and the compds boðburðr, boðfall, boðskurðr, boðleið, etc.COMPDS: boðsmaðr, boðsváttr, boðsvitni.
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