Skepta
Old Norse Dictionary - skeptaMeaning 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.)