Skeptr

Old Norse Dictionary - skeptr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skeptr" in English.

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

skeptr: part. shafted, of arrows, spears; skeptar örvar, dörr álmi skept, Lex. Poët.; auð-skept spjör, Ad.

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

Abbreviations used:

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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