Biskups-skip

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Biskups-skip

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 biskups-skip

a bishop’s ship: the bishops had a special licence for trading; about this matter, vide the Arna b. S. Laur. S. in Bs. and some of the deeds in D. I.; the two sees in Icel. had each of them a ship engaged in trade, Fms. ix. 309, v. l.; vide a treatise by Maurer written in Icel., Ný Fél. xxii. 105 sqq.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚴᚢᛒᛋ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
D. I.: Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
Fél.: Félags-rit.
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Laur. S.: Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)
Ný Fél.: Ný Félags-rit.

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