Skepta

Old Norse Dictionary - skepta

Meaning of Old Norse word "skepta" in English.

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

skepta
t, [skapt]; skepta örvar, to make shafts to arrow-heads, Rm. 25; s. geira, to make spear-shafts, Akv. 37; skepta spjót, Fs. 64, Krók.:—to furnish with a handle, ramliga skeptar öxar, Gþl. 104: metaph., hann bað hann þá ekki um skepta = skipta, he begged him not to meddle, Fms. viii. 27.

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

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Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.
Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Krók.
Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
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