Hnapp-sitja

Old Norse Dictionary - hnapp-sitja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hnapp-sitja"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hnapp-sitja
sat, to keep the sheep huddled together instead of being spread over the pasture, of a bad shepherd; þú skalt ekki h. það, því þá dettr úr því nytin, Piltr og Stúlka 9: a local name,

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛅᛒᛒ-ᛋᛁᛏᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements


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