Dal-verpi
Old Norse Dictionary - dal-verpi
Meaning of Old Norse word "dal-verpi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dal-verpi
- n. a little dale, Nj. 132, Fms. vi. 136, Al. 41. damma, u, f. [domina], a dame, Fr. (for. and rare); hence in mod. use madama, madame.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚ-ᚢᛁᚱᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)