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Origin and Meaning
See also BOT and BÖÐ - these name elements are often very difficult to tell apart.
The original meaning of the name element was 'lord, ruler' (1). Later, it had been misinterpreted as and mixed up with 'messenger' (2). [1]
Old Norse
2) boð = 'message' [2]
2) boði = 'messenger' [3] [4]
Old High German
1) boto = 'lord', 'ruler' [1]
2) boto = 'messenger' [4]
Old Saxon
1) bôdo = 'lord', 'ruler' [5]
1) bodo = 'lord', 'ruler' [1]
1) biodan = 'to rule' [5]
Old English
2) boda = 'messenger' [4]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| AUR | see Aurboða (Norse) |
| GEIR | see Bodhger (Norse) |
| SIG | see Siegbod (German) |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)