Borda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Borda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: byrdan; byrd-estre, -icge, -ing. borda

Definitions

1 borda

m. I. an ornamental border, a fringe :-- Borda prini-cula, ornatus vestimentorum, Hpt. 33, 247, 105 : clavia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 10: 14, 40: clava, 131, 53 : lesta, 112, 64: 50, 76. II. embroidery :-- Fǽmne æt hyre bordan geríseþ (cf. Icel. sitja við borða to sit embroidering), Gn. Ex. 64. [O. H. Ger. borto limbtts : Icel. borði border; embroidery; tapestry.]

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ᛒᚩᚱᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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