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.)
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