Hetju-skapr
Old Norse Dictionary - hetju-skapr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hetju-skapr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hetju-skapr
- m. championship, Fas. i. 24, Ld. ch. 11; this word, which in old writers is rather scarce, is freq. in mod. usage: also eccl., trúar-hetja, a champion of faith; hetja Guðs, a champion of God; striðs-h., a hero.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛏᛁᚢ-ᛋᚴᛅᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)