Kappi
Old Norse Dictionary - kappi
Meaning of Old Norse word "kappi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kappi can mean:kappi
- kappi
- a, m. [a Teut. word, noticed by Plutarch, Marius ch. 11—κίμβρους ὀνομάζουσι Γερμανοι τους ληστάς; see also kapp]:—a hero, champion, man of valour; konungr sá er kappi þykkir, Hkm. 14; ólusk í ætt þar æztir kappar, Hdl. 17; átti áðr kappi, Am. 98; þá bjó Arnórr í Reykjahlíð, kappi mikill, … ok má af því marka hverr k. hann var, Lv. 3; þessa búð á Þorkell hákr, kappi mikill (cp. Germ. handegen), Nj. 184; eru í Reykjadal kappar miklir? 32; gíslinn var kappi mikill, ok bauð Þangbrandi á pataldr, BS. i. 9; hverjir berjask skulu móti þess köppum af þeirra liði, FmS. xi. 126.
- kappi
- 2. in a special sense, an elect champion, answering to the knight of the Middle Ages; þessir kappar vóru með Haraldi konungi, FaS. i. 379; því var Björn síðan Kappi kallaðr, Bjarn. 11; Hrólf Kraka ok Kappa hans, Fb. ii. 136; með honum (the king) ok hans Köppum, FaS. i. 35: Kappar konungs, 69; Hrólfr konungr ok allir hans Kappar ok stórmenni, 76, 79, 91, 95, 101, 102, 105, 108; Hrólfr konungr býsk nú til ferðar með hundrað manna, ok auk Kappar hans tólf ok berserkir tólf, 77; upp upp, allir Kappar! 100, Skjöld. S. ch. 8, 9 (FaS. i. 379–385); kappa-lið, a troop of champions, warriors, Grett. 84; kappa-tala, a tale or roll of champions, FmS. iii. 157; kappa-val, choice of champions, ii. 315.
- kappi
- II. even as a nickname of some choice champions; Björn Breiðvíkinga-kappi, Eb.; Björn Hitdæla-kappi, Bjarn.; VéBjörn Sygna-kappi, Landn.; Hildibrandr Húna-kappi; Ásmundr Kappa-bani, a slayer of champions, FaS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛒᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- v.
- vide.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hkm.
- Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Skjöld.
- Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)