bolstaþer (OSw) bólstaðr (ON) noun

Village or farmstead in a village or the area around the dwelling on a farm. Also used of farming land delineated by boundary markers as being part of a specific village.

farm OIce Grg Klþ 2, 4 Feþ 144, 152 Lbþ 172, 179 Tíg 258
OIce Jó Llb 41
OSw HL Blb
farmland OSw SdmL Kkb, Jb, Bb, Mb
OSw UL Jb, Blb
OSw VmL Mb, Bb
farmstead OIce Grg Lbþ 175, 177 Rsþ 230
OIce KRA 11
OSw DL Bb
OSw ÖgL Bb
OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Kkb, Bb
farmstead or village OSw DL Kkb
land OSw DL Bb
OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb
village OSw DL Mb, Tjdb
OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb
OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Mb, Bb
village property OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Bb
villager OSw DL Bb
Expressions:

by ok bolstaþer (OSw)

Alliterative expression for a village and the related farmland, which might be translated alternatively as ‘village and environs’.

village and farmland OSw UL Jb VmL Bb

Refs:

CV s.v. bólstaðr; Gammeltoft 2001, 15; KLNM s.v. bolstadh; ONP s.v. bólstaðr; Schlyter s.v. bolstaþer; Zoega s.v. bólstaðr