Hrip

Old Norse Dictionary - hrip

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrip" in English.

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

hrip: n. a box of laths or a basket to carry peat and the like on horseback, with a drop at the bottom, Lv. 65, (mó-hrip, torf-hrip.) hrips-grind, f. the frame of a h., id. Hence the phrase, það er eins og að ausa vatni í hrip, ‘it is like pouring water into a sieve,’ (cp. Lat. ‘Danaidum dolia implere’), of useless efforts: hurried work, e. g. hurried writing, as if dropped out of the quill.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

f.: feminine.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

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