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-maðr, m. (1) garrisoner; (2) townsman, citizen; (3) fellow-citizen (-maðr engla);
-múgr, m. the mob of a city.
-múrr, m. city-wall;
-port, n. = -hlið;
-siðr, m. city-manners, urbanity;
-smíð, f. building of a fort or town;
-staðr m. site of a town;
-veggr, m. wall of a fort or town.
borga-skipan, f. a list of cities.
borg-firzkr, a. belonging to the district Borgar-fjörðr, in the west of Iceland.
borg-hlið, f. = borgarhlið.
borgin-orðr, a. cautious in words, reserved.
borgit, pp. n., from bjarga; e-m er b., one is safe; era hera at borgnara þótt hœna beri skjöld, a hare is none the better off than a hen shield him.
borg-staðr, m. = borgarstaðr.
borg-veggr, m. = borgarveggr.
botn (gen. botns or botz, pl. botnar), m. (1) bottom (of a vessel, of a haycock, of the sea); (2) the head of a bay, firth, lake, valley (fjarðar-, vatns-, dals-botn).
botn-hola, f. pit, in the phrase, vera kominn i -holu, to have got into a scrape.
bóandi, m., see 'búandi'.
bófi, m. knave, rogue, used as a nickname.
bógr (gen. bógar, dat. bœgi; pl. bœgir, acc. bógu), m. shoulder (of an animal).
bók (gen. bókar and bœkr; pl. bœkr), f. (1) beech, beech-tree; (2) poet. Textile fabric with figures woven in it (bœkr, þínar enar bláhvitu); (3) book; lesa á b., to read a book; rita á b., setja á bœkr, to set down in writing, to put on record; kunna (festa) e-t útan bókar, to know (to get) by heart; heilög b. the divine book, the bible; (4) the gospel (vinna eið at bók; cf. 'bókar-eiðr'); (5) Latin; kenna e-m á bók, to teach one Latin; nema á b.; to learn Latin; setja e-n til bókar, to put one to school (in order to make him a priest); hann heitir á b. (in Latin) Jaskonius; svá segir (er sagt) í bókum (in Latin books); (6) lawbook, code of law, (lögbók, Jónsbók).
bóka (að), v. to affirm by oath on the book (Gospel); bókaðr eiðr = bókareiðr.
bóka-fullting, n. help derived from books;
-gørð, writing (transcription) of books;
-kista, f. book-box;
-lán, n. lending of books;
-lesning, f., -lestr, m. reading of (Latin) books;
-list, f. book-lore.
bókar-blað, n. leaf of a book;
-eiðr, m. oath upon the gospel;
-eiðstafr, m. wording of a bókareiðr;
-gørð, f. book-writing;
-lag, n. lawful price fixed in the code;
-skeyting, f. conveyance of an estate by help of the law-book;
-tak, n. the touching of the gospel (in taking an oath);
-verð, n. the price of a book;
-vitni, n. evidence confirmed by a bókareiðr (= bókat vitni).
bóka-skilningr, m. book-learning.
bóka-stóll, m. a reading, desk, lectern.
bók-fell, n. parchment, vellum
-fróðr, a. book-learned;
-frœði, f. book-knowledge, book-lore, learning;
-lauss, a. bookless, unscholarly;
-laust, adv. by heart (allar ritningar helga man hann -laust);
-lestr, m. = bókalestr;
-ligr, a. literary; -ligar listir, the liberal arts;
-list, f. book-!ore, learng;
-lærðr, pp. Book-learned.
-mál, n. (1) book language, learned language, Latin (á bók nam ek aldri ok eigi heyrða ek frá -máli sagt); (2) the canon law; blót þau, sem fyrirboðin eru at -máli, in the canon of the church (3) the Julian calendar; at -máli, according to the calendar;
-mánaðr, m. calendar month opp. to the Icel. months;
-nám, n. book-training, study (vera at -námi, setja e-n til -náms);
-næmi, n.= -nám;
-rúnar, f. pl. runes engraved on beech-wood;
-saga., f. written narrative;
-setja (see setji), v. to commit to writing;
-skygn, a. seeing well enough to read a book;
-speki, f. book-wisdom, book-knowledge;
-stafr, m. character,

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