Ör-skipti

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-skipti

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-skipti" (or ǫr-skipti) in English.

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

ör-skipti (ǫr-skipti): n. pl. eccentricity, strange affairs; hence örskipta-maðr, an eccentric, overbearing person, Lv. 27 (cp. the context); inir mestu örskipta menn, violent men, Eb. 110, Fb. i. 250; segja frá nokkurs-konar örskiptum frá kynslum eða undrum, to relate strange things, wonders and marvels, Þiðr. 4.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-skipti may be more accurately written as ǫr-skipti.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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