Drápu-mál

Old Norse Dictionary - drápu-mál

Meaning of Old Norse word "drápu-mál" in English.

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

drápu-mál
n. a lawsuit for a d., viz. a love song (mansöngs-d.), which songs were forbidden, Fs. 87.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
viz.
namely.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
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