Kreppa

Old Norse Dictionary - kreppa

Meaning of Old Norse word "kreppa" in English.

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

kreppa
u, f. a strait: medic. a being crippled: a scrape, koma í slíkar kreppur, Ld. 264. kreppu-sótt, f. a kind of scorbutic disease, Fél. x. 37.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
medic.
medicine, medically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.
Félags-rit.
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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