boðrás
Boðrás is an Icelandic noun used primarily in historical and literary contexts to denote the process or channel by which an official message, decree, or invitation was conveyed. The word combines boð, meaning message, summons, or order, with rás, meaning path or route, yielding a literal sense of "the path of the message." The term is most often encountered in discussions of medieval Icelandic governance and ecclesiastical administration.
In medieval sources boðrás referred both to the procedural framework for issuing and disseminating proclamations and
Today, boðrás is mostly of interest to scholars of philology, history, and literature. It is seldom used
Related terms include boð (message, order) and rás (path, route). The concept connects to broader studies of