Ripting

Old Norse Dictionary - ripting

Meaning of Old Norse word "ripting" in English.

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

ripting
f. a withdrawal (of a bargain); hversugi mikit fé er þeir gefa … þá skal engi r. til þess vera, þótt eigi komi búar til at vinna eiða at, Grág. i. 223; lion gai fyrir heklu fitkkotta ok vildi kaup kalla, henni þótti þat úhættara við riptingum, Landn. 319.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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