Skopta
Old Norse Dictionary - skoptaMeaning of Old Norse word "skopta" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skopta
- skopti, skopta, to float atop (like hair); skopta ek upp, I rose to the surface, emerged, Fbr., Fb. ii. 215 (in a verse); this certainly is the sense, and not as explained in Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛒᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.