Krapti
Old Norse Dictionary - krapti
Meaning of Old Norse word "krapti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word krapti can mean:krapti
- krapti
- a, m. [akin to kraptr], a bar, one of a ship’s timbers, a rib or knee, Edda (Gl.); eyri skal bæta fyrir krapta hvern, N. G. l. i. 100; krapta-valr, ‘timber-hawk,’ poët. a ship, Ó. H. (in a verse); the bar across the inside of a shield, cp. Gr. κανών, krapti geirbrúar, Vellekla: metaph., krapti skóla, the main pillar of a school, epithet of a bishop, Gd. 13.
- krapti
- II. = kraptr; hafa nokkurn krapta (acc.) aldrsins, Fms. xi. 14; hafa engu minna krapta, x. 318.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᛒᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- acc.
- accusative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)