Hjálp-reip
Old Norse Dictionary - hjálp-reip
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjálp-reip"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjálp-reip
- n. a saving rope, Edda (Gl.); en ef h. brestr, gjaldi tvær örtogar, n. G. l. ii. 283: the hjálpreip perhaps resembled the βοήθεια in Acts xxvii. 17.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒ-ᚱᛁᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)