Kaup-angr
Old Norse Dictionary - kaup-angr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kaup-angr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kaup-angr can mean:kaup-angr
- kaup-angr
- m. [kaup and vangr, dropping the v, rather than angr, q. v.]:—a market-place, village, town; ef maðr á hús í kaupangi en bú í héraði, Gþl. 93; í kaupangi sem í héraði, n. G. l. i. 303; allt þat sem í kaupangri er gört, þat skal at kaupangrs-rétti skipta, 53; þá skal hann fara til kaupangrs með föt sín, 304.
- kaup-angr
- II. it is also freq. in Scandin. local names denoting old market-towns, Dan. Kjöbing, Nykjöbing, Kjöben-havn, Swed. Köping, Norköping, Engl. Cheap-side, Chipping-Ongar; Chipping-Norton, etc.: the Norse town Níðaróss was specially called Kaupangr, Fms. ii. 232, iii. 40, iv. 314, 340, v. 104, 117, x. 448, xii. passim, Ísl. ii. 391: also as a local name in northern Iceland, Lv., Rd. 274.
- kaup-angr
- COMPDS: Kaupangsfjall, kaupangskonur, kaupangrslýðr, kaupangsmenn, kaupangsmannalög, kaupangrsréttr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᛒ-ᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)