Definitionen
Definitionen
1 skiptingr
m. a changeling (Germ. wechselbalg), an idiot, believed to have been substituted for the right child by fairies, Sks. 296, Fms. xi. 56, 445, Fas. ii. 341, Mar., Stj. 475; for the popular superstition see Maurer’s Volksagen.
2 skiptingr
2. gramm. = semi-vocalis, the letters i and u, Skálda 170.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
skiptingr
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "skiptingr" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.