Hjúpr
Old Norse Dictionary - hjúpr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjúpr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hjúpr can mean:hjúpr
- hjúpr
- m., older form júpr, Fms. x. 415, [a word of for. origin, cp. Germ. joppe, Fr. jupe]:—a doublet, Fr. pourpoint; hafði rauðan hjúp yrir brynju, Fms. vii. 55, 56, viii. 404; silki-h., a silk doublet; skinn-h., q. v.
- hjúpr
- II. in mod. usage freq. in metaph. = dress, clothing.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚢᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- for.
- foreign.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.