Ript
Old Norse Dictionary - riptMeaning of Old Norse word "ript" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ript Old Norse word can mean:
- ript
- 1. f., or ripti, n. a kind of cloth or linen jerkin; rekkar þeir þóttusk er þeir ript höfðu, Hm. 48, Edda ii. 494; Vala-ript, a Welsh, i. e. foreign jerkin, Skv. 3. 63; lé-rept, q. v.; kona sveip ripti, Rm. 18, Skv. 3. 8; strjúka ripti, to mangle linen, Rm. 25; Nanna sendi Freyju ripti, Edda 39; and setjask und ripti, of the bridal veil, Rm. 20: ‘rhenones sunt velamina humerorum et pectoris usque in umbilicum, intortis villis adeo hispidi ut imbres respuant … quos reptos vocant,’ Isid. Hisp. xix. 23; this corresponds exactly with the use in Hm. l. c.
- ript
- 2. f. [rjúfa or rífa], a withdrawal or breach of a contract, Grág. ii. 214.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛒᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
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