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boh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
boh, bog, es; m. [bogen bent; pp. of búgan to bow, bend]
Anything curved or bent,-hence
the arm, shoulder; armus =
άρμόs, humerus, lacertus
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  • Se swíðra boh armus dexter, Lev. 7, 32; the riȝt schuldur, Wyc. Bog

    lacertus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 16; Wrt. Voc. 44, 2.

  • Eorl sceal on eós boge rídan

    a chief shall ride on a horse's back [lit. shoulder ],

      Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 11; Gn. Ex. 63.

  • Ðú nymst of ðam ramme ðone swýðran boh

    tolles de ariete armum dextrum,

      Ex. 29, 22.

  • Mec se beaducáfa bogum bilegde

    the battle-prompt man embraced me in his arms,

      Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 21; Rä. 1, 11.
the arm of a tree, a
BOUGH, branch; ramus, stipes, palmes
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  • Bóh

    ramus,

      Scint. 1.

  • Boh

    stipes,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 16.

  • Berende boh

    germen,

      Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 32; Wrt. Voc. 39, 18.

  • Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh ðæs treówes býge

    though thou bendest any bough of a tree,

      Bt. Met. Fox 13, 105, Met. 13, 53.

  • Hit wearþ mycel treów, and heofenes fugelas reston on his bogum

    factum est in arborem magnam, et volucres cœli requieverunt in ramis ejus,

      Lk. Bos. 13, 19: Cd. 30; Th. 40, 26; Gen. 645.

  • He astrehte his bogas, óþ ða sǽ

    extendit palmites suos usque ad mare,

      Ps. Lamb. 79, 12.
a branch of a family, offspring, progeny; propago
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  • Tyddrung oððe boh

    propago,

      Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 49.
Etymology
[Chauc. bow: Piers P. bowe: Wyc. boow, bouȝ, boȝ: Orm. boȝh: Dut. boeg, m. the bow of a ship: Ger. bug, m. armus: M. H. Ger. buoc, m: O. H. Ger. buoc, m. armus: Dan. bov, boug, c. shoulder, bow of a ship: Swed. bog, m. the shoulder, haunch: O. Nrs. bógr, m. the shoulder of an animal.]
Derived forms
DER. wæter-boh, wín-.
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v.  bog.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “boh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4822.

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