For-gipt
Old Norse Dictionary - for-gipt
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-gipt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-gipt can mean:for-gipt
- for-gipt
- f. payment for alimentation, = mod. meðgjöf, Sd. 149, Fms. vi. 298, vii. 112, Fas. ii. 438, Fs. 29, 64. forgiptar-laust, adj. without costs, 655 xx. 4.
- for-gipt
- II. [Germ. vergift], poison, Bb. 3. 68, but in this sense it can scarcely be called an Icel. word.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚴᛁᛒᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.