Skap-bætir

Old Norse Dictionary - skap-bætir

Meaning of Old Norse word "skap-bætir" in English.

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

skap-bætir
m. ‘mind-betterer;’ þat var mælt at hann væri engi s. Hallgerði, Nj. 16.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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