Hæpið
Old Norse Dictionary - hæpið
Meaning of Old Norse word "hæpið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hæpið
- n. adj. doubtful: in the phrase, það er hæpið, ‘tis very uncertain: prop. scanty, a corrupt form for hneppt, qs. hept, as the word is indeed spelt in Grett. 169 new Ed., whence hæpið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛒᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)