BÓSG

Old English Dictionary Entry

BÓSG

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bósig, bósih, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 BÓSG

m? n? An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties. It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say, 'you will find it in the cow's boose,' that is, in the place for the cow's food; præsepium :-- Of bósge a præsepio, Lk. Rush. War. 13, 15. Of bósih a præsepio, Lk. Lind. War. 13, 15. [Frs. bos a cottage: Ger. banse, m. or f: Goth. bansts, m. a barn: Dan. baas, c: Swed. bås, n: Icel. bás, m. stabulum, præsepium bovis, Rask Hald.] bosg

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚩᛋᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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