Telpa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Telpa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 telpa

u, f. a girl, = stelpa, by lisping and dropping the s, Piltr og Stúlka 9, freq. so in popular usage, for stelpa sounds too harshly; litla telpan, biddu telpuna að koma.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᛚᛒᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
lit
literally.
opp
opposed to.
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