For-sköp
Old Norse Dictionary - for-sköp
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-sköp" (or for-skǫp)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-sköp (for-skǫp)
- n. pl. bad times, ill fate, Hkv. 2. 32.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, for-sköp may be more accurately written as for-skǫp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛋᚴᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)