Álpt
Old Norse Dictionary - álptMeaning of Old Norse word "álpt" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
álpt Old Norse word can mean:
- álpt
- more correctly álft, f. the common í eel. word for swan, Lat. cygnus; svan is only poët.; all local names in which the swan appears, even those of the end of the 9th century, use ‘álpt,’ not ‘svan,’ Álpta-fjörðr, -nes, -mýri, v. the local index to the Landn.; Svanshóll comes from a proper name Svan. Probably akin to Lat. albus; the t is fem. Inflexion; the p, instead of f, a mere change of letter; cp. the proverb, þegar hrafninn verðr hvítr en álptin svört, of things that never will happen: pl. álptir, but sometimes, esp. in Norse, elptr or elftr; the change of the original a (alft) into á (álft) is of early date, Grág. ii. 338, 346, Eg. 132, Landn. 57; in all these passages pl. álptir; but elptr, Jb. 217, 309. Respecting the mythical origin of the swan, v. Edda 12; they are the sacred birds at the well of Urda.
- álpt
- COMPDS: álptarhamr, álptarlíki.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛒᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- fem.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)