Ein-sköpuðr
Old Norse Dictionary - ein-sköpuðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ein-sköpuðr" (or ein-skǫpuðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ein-sköpuðr (ein-skǫpuðr)
- m. a sole judge or umpire, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ein-sköpuðr may be more accurately written as ein-skǫpuðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾ-ᛋᚴᚢᛒᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.