Topt

Old Norse Dictionary - topt

Meaning of Old Norse word "topt" in English.

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

topt Old Norse word can mean:

topt
tomt, tupt, toft, tuft; the vowel is short, and toft makes a rhyme to opt (Sighvat), Hroptr, lopt, Skáld H. 6. 8: in mod. pronunc. tótt, cp. Dr. Egilsson’s Poems, p. 95; [the forms in early Swed. and Norse also vary much, tompt, top, toft, Schlyter; the word is identical with Engl. tuft.]
topt
B. A green tuft or knoll, green, grassy place, then generally like mid. Lat. toftum, Engl. toft, a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; en nú Skaði byggir fornar toptir föður, Gm. 11; atgeirs-toptir, poët. ‘halberds-homestead,’ i. e. the hands holding the halberd, Ad.; óðal-toptir, an allodial piece of ground, Fms. vi. (in a verse); ef maðr færir hús frá óðals-tuft, þá skal hann bera einu sinni með vátta tvá á óðals-tuftir, if a man removes a house from its ancient (allodial) ground, n. G. l. i. 379 (v. l. 14, 15); toptar nökkvi, the ‘toft-ship,’ i. e. a house, Ýt.; Hropts sig-toptir, Odin’s homestead of victory, i. e. Walhalla, Vsp.
topt
2. a place marked out for a house or building, a toft; en ef sú kirkja brotnar ok falla hornstafir, þá eigu vér timbri á tuft at koma fyrir tólf mánuðr, bring the timber to the toft within twelve months, n. G. l. i. 7, 8; göra kirkju ok hvergi tuft eyða, build a church, and not lay waste the toft, 8; en ef hón er eigi til, þá skal kaupa tuft þar sem menn vilja svá sem menn meta, purchase a toft where to launch the ship, 100; kirkja á skóg hálfan með tupt ok vexti, Vm. 114; mylnu-hús, tuppt ok grundvöll, D. n. iv. 537, B. K. 55, 57; skyldi þar vera kaupstaðr, hann gaf mönnum toptir til at göra sér þar hús, Hkr. i. 274; hann markaði toptir til garða, ok gaf búondum eðr kaupmönnum, Ó. H. 42; verk Dróttins várs marka topt fyrir verkum órum, Greg. 56.
topt
3. a square piece of ground with walls but without roof (cp. tjalda), this is the special later Icel. sense; Hjörleifr lét göra skála tvá, ok er önnur toptin átján faðma enn önnur nítján, Landn. 35; skógr umb skála-tofst, D.I. i. 475; sér þar tuptina sem hann lét göra hrófit, Ld. 34; en er hús vóru ofan tekin, þá var þar síðan kallat Hrafn-toptir, Eg. 100; út með firðinum eru víða toptir ok vítt land þat er engi maðr á, þar vil ek at vit reisim okkr bústað, Háv. 41; rétt er at kveðja búa at toptum ef búar eru brott farnir, Grág. ii. 124; búðar-tópt, the square walls of a hut without a roof, Rd. 274; toptin var full af torfi ok grjóti, id.; hann lét grafa hann hjá toptum nokkurum, Fs. 141; hús-topt, skála-t., kirkju-t., skemmu-t., fjós-t., fjárhús-t., bæjar-t., nausta-t., the bare walls, ruins of a house, skáli, church …; augna-tópt, eye-socket; svá stóð toptin eptir í varr-símanum at þar var logn, the water in the wake was like a lane, with a wall of waters on both hands, Hkr. i. 283.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
Swed.
Swedish.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
i. e.
id est.
L.
Linnæus.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.
poët.
poetically.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Skáld H.
Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
Ad.
Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
B. K.
Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Háv.
Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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