KOPPR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

KOPPR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 KOPPR

m. [Engl. cup; Dan. kop; cp. also W. Engl. cop = a round hill, and Germ. kopf = head, which prop. mean a cup, analogous to Icel. kolla and kollr, q. v.]:—a cup, small vessel, esp. in dairy-work; koppar ok keröld; í koppum ok keröldum, Bs. i. 721; trog, dall, eysil, ask né kopp, Snót; viðsmjör í koppi, Stj. 590; fæði ok láta fylgja kopp, N. G. L. i. 131 (418): a chamber pot, Bs. ii. 345: a cup-shaped hole, í þeim steini vóru klappaðir fjórir koppar, síðan er hann hafðr til þváttsteins, Bs. i. 640; segja menn at enn sjái í berginu svá sem smá-koppa, þar sem konungsmenn settu örfalina, Fms. i. 280: of the eye-socket, Bs. i. 177; spé-koppar (Dan. smilehuller), a dimple in the cheeks.

2 KOPPR

II. = knappr, the bell-shaped crown of a helmet, Fas. iii. 535, Karl. 355. kopps-tröð, f. a local name, Sturl. i. 63.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
opp
opposed to.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Snót
Snót, poems.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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