Gipta

Old Norse Dictionary - gipta

Meaning of Old Norse word "gipta" in English.

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

gipta Old Norse word can mean:

gipta: 1. u, f. [A. S. gifeðe = fatum, Beowulf], good luck, Ld. 104, Nj. 17, FmS. vi. 299, FS. 27, 97, Stj. 198, passim; cp. auðna, hamingja.

gipta: COMPDS: giptudrjúgr, giptufátt, giptuliga, giptuligr, giptumaðr, giptumunr, gipturáð, giptusamliga, giptusamligr, giptuskortr, giptutómr, giptuvænligr.

gipta: II. marriage (rare); giptu-mál, n. a marriage, Landn. 110 (v. l. in the MS. Melabók).

gipta: 2. t, to give a woman in marriage; fyrr skulu grónir grautardílarnir á hálsi þér, en ek muna gipta þér systur mína, Eb. 210; gipti Höskuldr Gró systur sina, Ld. 24, Nj. 17, Eg. 5, Rm. 20, 37, passim.

gipta: II. reflex, to marry, of both man and wife; in old writers the man ‘kvángask,’ i. e. takes a wife, the woman is ‘gipt,’ i. e. given away, FmS. ix. 269, Ld. 128 passim; in the course of time the primitive sense of the word was lost, and it came to mean to marry: the saying, það grær áðr en þú giptist, i. e. never mind, it will be healed before thou marriest, addressed to a boy or girl about to cry for a slight hurt.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

S.: Saga.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

m.: masculine.

i. e.: id est.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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