Hjálp-reip

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hjálp-reip

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hjálp-reip

n. a saving rope, Edda (Gl.); en ef h. brestr, gjaldi tvær örtogar, N. G. L. ii. 283: the hjálpreip perhaps resembled the βοήθεια in Acts xxvii. 17.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒ-ᚱᛁᛁᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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