Hóp
Old Norse Dictionary - hóp
Meaning of Old Norse word "hóp"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hóp can mean:hóp
- hóp
- n. [A. S. hop; Scot. hope = haven; perhaps connected with A. S. hôp, Engl. hoop, with reference to a curved or circular form]:—a small landlocked bay or inlet, connected with the sea so as to be salt at flood tide and fresh at ebb, Þorf. Karl. 420, freq. in mod. usage.
- hóp
- II. a local name, Hóp, Hóps-ós, Vestr-hóp, Landn., Ísl. ii. 387: in Engl. local names as Stanhope, Easthope, Kemble’s Dipl.; Elleshoop in Holstein (Grein); Kirkhope, St. Margaret’s hope, etc., in Orkney.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Þorf. Karl.
- Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)