Andlits-sköp
Old Norse Dictionary - andlits-sköp
Meaning of Old Norse word "andlits-sköp" (or andlits-skǫp)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- andlits-sköp (andlits-skǫp)
- n. pl. lineaments of the face, n. G. l. i. 339; vel andlits sköpum, of well-formed features, Fms. viii. 238.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, andlits-sköp may be more accurately written as andlits-skǫp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏᛚᛁᛏᛋ-ᛋᚴᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)