Gipting

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Gipting

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 gipting

f. marriage, in old writers only of a woman, Js. 63, Fms. ix. 269.

2 gipting

COMPDS: giptingardagr, giptingarmaðr, giptingarorð, giptingarveð, giptingarvitni.

3 gipting

II. in mod. usage marriage, applying both to man and wife, passim, and in many compds.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛁᛒᛏᛁᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

compds.
compounds.
f.
feminine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)

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