Kjaptr
Old Norse Dictionary - kjaptr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kjaptr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kjaptr can mean:kjaptr
- kjaptr
- m., older form kjöptr or keyptr, in ginkeyptr, q. v.; [Germ. kiefer; Dutch kieuw; Dan. kjæft]:—the mouth, jaw, of beasts or in a vulgar sense; Davíð tekr sinni hendi hvern kjöptinn, Stj. 459; hann reif í sundr kjapta ins úarga dyrs, Rb. 382; er inn efri kjöptr við himni en inn neðri við jörðu, … hann stígr öðrum fæti í neðra keypt úlfsins, annarri hendi tekr hann í enn efra keypt úlfsins ok rífr sundr gin hans, Edda 41, 42; ef maðr bindr tagl í munn á hrossi manns, eða bindr kept við fót, Grág. i. 383; opt í Ægis kjöpta, Edda (in a verse); skjöldrinn gékk upp í munninn svá at rifnaði kjaptrinn en kjálkarnir hlupu ofan á bringuna, Grett. 95 new Ed.; skeggstaðinn, hökuna, kjaptana báða, Fb. i. 531: in abuse, halda kjapti, as in Engl. slang, hold your jaw, Germ. maul halten; skrokknum lifir ekkert á | utan tómr kjaptr, a ditty.
- kjaptr
- COMPDS: kjaptaskúmr, kjaptshögg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛅᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)