Gipting
Old Norse Dictionary - gipting
Meaning of Old Norse word "gipting"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gipting can mean:gipting
- gipting
- f. marriage, in old writers only of a woman, Js. 63, Fms. ix. 269.
- gipting
- COMPDS: giptingardagr, giptingarmaðr, giptingarorð, giptingarveð, giptingarvitni.
- gipting
- II. in mod. usage marriage, applying both to man and wife, passim, and in many compds.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛒᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- compds.
- compounds.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)