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