Biskups-skip

Old Norse Dictionary - biskups-skip

Meaning of Old Norse word "biskups-skip" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

biskups-skip: a bishop’s ship: the bishops had a special licence for trading; about this matter, vide the Arna b. S. Laur. S. in BS. and some of the deeds in D. I.; the two sees in Icel. had each of them a ship engaged in trade, FmS. ix. 309, v. l.; vide a treatise by Maurer written in Icel., Ný Fél. xxii. 105 sqq.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛋᚴᚢᛒᛋ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

D. I.: Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)

Fél.: Félags-rit.

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Laur. S.: Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)

Ný Fél.: Ný Félags-rit.

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