Gipting

Old Norse Dictionary - gipting

Meaning of Old Norse word "gipting" in English.

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

gipting Old Norse word can mean:

gipting
f. marriage, in old writers only of a woman, Js. 63, Fms. ix. 269.
gipting
COMPDS: giptingardagr, giptingarmaðr, giptingarorð, giptingarveð, giptingarvitni.
gipting
II. in mod. usage marriage, applying both to man and wife, passim, and in many compds.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
compds.
compounds.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)
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