Biskups-skip
Old Norse Dictionary - biskups-skip
Meaning of Old Norse word "biskups-skip"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- biskups-skip
- a bishop’s ship: the bishops had a special licence for trading; about this matter, vide the Arna b. S. Laur. S. in BS. and some of the deeds in D. I.; the two sees in Icel. had each of them a ship engaged in trade, FmS. ix. 309, v. l.; vide a treatise by Maurer written in Icel., Ný Fél. xxii. 105 sqq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛋᚴᚢᛒᛋ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Laur. S.
- Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)
- Ný Fél.
- Ný Félags-rit.