Kapalín

Old Norse Dictionary - kapalín

Meaning of Old Norse word "kapalín"

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

kapalín
m. (mod. kapellan), [mid. Lat. capellanus], a chaplain, Landn. 172, Fms. vii. 311, Bs. passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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