Hjálp-reip

Old Norse Dictionary - hjálp-reip

Meaning of Old Norse word "hjálp-reip" in English.

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

hjálp-reip
n. a saving rope, Edda (Gl.); en ef h. brestr, gjaldi tvær örtogar, n. G. l. ii. 283: the hjálpreip perhaps resembled the βοήθεια in Acts xxvii. 17.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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