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Bodil (given Name)
Bodil in Danish and Norwegian, in Swedish also the variations Bothild, Botilda, and Boel, is a feminine given name. It is Latinized form of Old Norse ''Bóthildr'' from ''bót'' "remedy" + ''hildr'' "battle". Older variations include Botill, Botild, Botilla, and Botyld. The Swedish name day for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January. People with the name include: * Bodil Arnesen (born 1967), Norwegian operatic soprano * Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871–1960), Norwegian missionary * Bodil Begtrup (1903-1987), Denmark's first female ambassador * Bodil Branner (born 1948), Danish mathematician * Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator * Bodil Dybdal (1901–1992), Danish lawyer and judge * Bodil Finsveen (1934–2008), Norwegian politician * Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951), Danish photographer * Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941), Danish nurse * Bodil Holmström (born 1981), Finnish orienteering competitor * Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), Danish actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodil Kjær
Bodil Kjær (born 11 March 1932 in Hatting near Horsens) is a Danish architect, furniture designer, professor and researcher, who has specialized in interior design and city planning. Today she is recognized above all for the flexible series of office furniture she designed in the 1960s. Early life The daughter of a Jutland farmer, Kjær studied in Copenhagen at the School for Interior Architecture (1964) and then in London at the Royal College of Art and at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (1965–69). , ''Antik og Auktion'', 11 June 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011. Interior design She has worked as a senior architect at the Arup building consultan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
