Mann-tapi

Old Norse Dictionary - mann-tapi

Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-tapi" in English.

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

mann-tapi
a, m. loss of life, Grág. ii. 130, MS. 625. 14, BS. ii. 111, Fb. i. 70, Ver. 73; manntapa-vetr, a winter of great mortality, Ann. 1196.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ver.
Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
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