Köpur-máll
Old Norse Dictionary - köpur-máll
Meaning of Old Norse word "köpur-máll" (or kǫpur-máll)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- köpur-máll (kǫpur-máll)
- (köpurmálugr, Fas. ii. 233, v. l.), adj. bantering, Fas. ii. 128 (in a verse).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, köpur-máll may be more accurately written as kǫpur-máll.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛒᚢᚱ-ᛘᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)