Keipr
Old Norse Dictionary - keipr
Meaning of Old Norse word "keipr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word keipr can mean:keipr
- keipr
- m. a rowlock, Edda (Gl.), Fms. vii. 66, freq.
- keipr
- II. = húðkeipr (q. v.), a canoe, Fb. i. 525, Skáld H. 4. 17, 20. keip-nagli, a, m. and keip-nef, n. a rowlock thrall, a rower.
- keipr
- III. metaph. fretful fits, of children; seldu mér hana keipa-stelpu þína, Snót 298.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Skáld H.
- Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.