Skripta

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skripta

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skripta

að, to shrive, hear confession; gékk biskup til Ásbjarnar ok skriptaði honum, Ó. H. 118; sá maðr er skriptað var, K. Á. 148.

2 skripta

2. to enjoin penance; skripta e-m at vatnfasta, Sturl. ii. 252; skal biskup skripta henni af landi brott, N. G. L. i. 376.

3 skripta

3. to punish, in a secular sense, vóru sumir háls-höggnir en sumum annan veg skriptað, Fms. x. 96, v. l.; Annes bað þá Skotana at skripta Hrólfi, Fas. iii. 355, so in mod. usage in a comic sense.

4 skripta

4. to confess; skripta sínar syndir, Stat. 300.

5 skripta

II. reflex. to go to confession; hann skriptaðisk við Sigurð djákn, Sturl. ii. 228; ok skriptaðisk síðan vandliga, Bs. i. 317: skriptaðr, part. shriven, K. Á. 22, Sturl. ii. 134.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᚱᛁᛒᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

bisk
bishop.
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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