HÓP

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HÓP

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HÓP

n. [A. S. hop; Scot. hope = haven; perhaps connected with A. S. hôp, Engl. hoop, with reference to a curved or circular form]:—a small landlocked bay or inlet, connected with the sea so as to be salt at flood tide and fresh at ebb, Þorf. Karl. 420, freq. in mod. usage.

2 HÓP

II. a local name, Hóp, Hóps-ós, Vestr-hóp, Landn., Ísl. ii. 387: in Engl. local names as Stanhope, Easthope, Kemble’s Dipl.; Elleshoop in Holstein (Grein); Kirkhope, St. Margaret’s hope, etc., in Orkney.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.

Works & Authors

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Þorf. Karl.: Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)

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