Spítal

Old Norse Dictionary - spítal

Meaning of Old Norse word "spítal" in English.

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

spítal
n. (spítali, a, m., Symb. 30, Fms. x. 153, xi. 202, 301; not specially for the sick); [for. word; mid. Lat. hospitale]:—a spital or hospital for the poor or strangers, Symb. 28, Fms. x. 153; lærðra manna spítal, Ann. 1308; for lepers, Dipl. ii. 16, 94; spítals-prestr, D. n. ii. 16.

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

Abbreviations used:

for.
foreign.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Symb.
Symbolae. (H. IV.)
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