Kilpr
Old Norse Dictionary - kilpr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kilpr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kilpr
- m. a handle of a vessel (= hadda); mösurbolli ok yfir gylltr kilpr, Fagrsk. 115; ok yfir kilpr gyldr af silfri, Mork. 19: in mod. usage kilpr is a loop of whalebone fastening the handle to the bucket.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛚᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)