Leiptr
Old Norse Dictionary - leiptrMeaning of Old Norse word "leiptr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leiptr
- m., gen. leiptrs, a kind of whale or dolphin, Dan. lyft, Edda (Gl.); hnísa … eða leiptr er eigi verðr lengri en sjau álna, Sks. 203, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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