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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

borg sb. f. [-ar, dat. -; -ir]

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

I.

1) forsvarsvold, skanse, fæstningsværk ⫽ rampart, fortified wall

2) fæstning, borg, palads ⫽ fortress, stronghold, palace

3) (befæstet) by ⫽ (fortified) city/town

4) borglignende klippeformation (som danner en naturlig fæstning) ⫽ fortress-like rock formation (that forms a natural fortification)

II. (cogn.)

Form.: borg (72); borgar (27); borgina (18); borgir (15); borginni (13); Borg (9); borgariɴar (4); Borgar (4); borgarinnar (4); borgh (4); borgum (3); borginn (2); borgin (2); borger (1); borgena (1); borginna (1); Borgin (1); bo᷎rgh (1); borginni (1); borgher (1); borggarennar (1); borginne (1); borgna (1); borgína (1); borgumm (1); bo᷎rg (1); borginj (1);

Comp.: eyði- (1), fjall- (1), for- (6), forneskju- (1), friðar- (1), hafn- (1), há·sǽtis- (3), heila- (1), herra- (1), himna- (1), hjarta- (2), hlífðar- (2), hǫfðingja- (1), hǫfuð- (56), inn- (1), jarð- (4), konungs- (3), leir- (2), letr·gerða- (1), marmara- (2), megin- (1), mold- (1), ráðs- (1), skjald- (46), smá- (1), stein- (3), stór- (11), sǽ- (20), sǽvar- (1), tjald·búða- (2), tré- (6), turn- (1), undir- (2), út- (2), vagna- (2), vald- (1), vatna- (1), verndar- (1), ǽvins- (1)

Gloss.: EJ; ClV; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2 _; Finsen _; Fr; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb; HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin item -borg; Rím; LP; Med _; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH; AJ; deVr ¹^,²borg; Fr4; NO; Walter _; ÁBlM; Bl; WPA _;

Litt.: Bell 1972 66; Blom 1957 [KLNM 2] 6; Bugge 1905 245-246; Falk 1913 9; Finnur Jónsson 1921 168; Finnur Jónsson 1932-1933 32; Fischer 1957 [KLNM 2] 135-138; Heide 2014 [Gripla 25] 18; Indrebø 1936 [MM 1936] 64; Jakobsen 1901 [ANOH 1901] 81; Jón Helgason 1931 [ANF 47] 299; Marstrander 1915 121; Marstrander 1932 84; Marwick 1952 7, 31, 62, 127, 170; Nerman 1960 [ANF 75] 243; Seip 1943 [MM 1943] 128; Tuulse 1957 [KLNM 2] 119-127; Valtýr Guðmundsson 1889 107-108

Genre. (expected): religious works [rel]: 57 (50); historical works [his]: 45 (33); learned works [div]: 23 (6); romances [rom]: 23 (20); family sagas [isl]: 21 (23); legendary sagas [fas]: 11 (8); charters [dip]: 7 (15); contemporary sagas [bis]: 4 (14); legal works [jur]: 0 (18); unclassified [ ]: 0 (1); þættir [tot]: 0 (4);

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