Skopta

Old Norse Dictionary - skopta

Meaning 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.
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