boghi (OSw) bogi (ON) bughi (OSw) noun

A weapon included among folkvapn (q.v.), hamnuvapn (q.v.) and morþvapn (q.v.). In OSw HL, also a man with a bow, used as a unit of taxation.


bow ONorw GuL Mhb, Leb
OSw HL Kgb, Äb, Rb
OSw KrL Eb DbII
OSw SdmL Mb
Refs:

Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok s.v. båge; Hansen 2011, 314−15; KLNM s.v. båge

Citation
  • ‘boghi’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/598
    (04/29/2024)