See also: boda, Boda, bōda, bodą, bōdǎ, and bódà

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse boða, from Proto-Germanic *budōną (to proclaim, teach, instruct), from Proto-Germanic *budą (message, command, precept), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (to be awake, perceive fully).

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Verb

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boða (third person singular past indicative boðaði, third person plural past indicative boðað, supine boðað)

  1. to forebode, to preach, to proclaim

Conjugation

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Conjugation of boða (group v-30)
infinitive boða
supine boðað
participle (a6)1 boðandi boðaður
present past
first singular boði boðaði
second singular boðar boðaði
third singular boðar boðaði
plural boða boðaðu
imperative
singular boða!
plural boðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse boða, from Proto-Germanic *budōną (to proclaim, teach, instruct), from Proto-Germanic *budą (message, command, precept), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (to be awake, perceive fully). Cognate with English bode, from Old English bodian.

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Verb

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boða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative boðaði, supine boðað)

  1. to proclaim, to announce
  2. to forebode, to portend
  3. to preach

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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