Skip-brot

Old Norse Dictionary - skip-brot

Meaning of Old Norse word "skip-brot" in English.

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

skip-brot
n. a shipwreck, Grett. 98 A, Ísl. ii. 245; vera í skipbroti, to be shipwrecked, Fb. i. 341: wreck drifted ashore, Grett.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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