Laupr
Old Norse Dictionary - laupr
Meaning of Old Norse word "laupr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word laupr can mean:laupr
- laupr
- m. [A. S. and Old Engl. leap; still used in Lancashire for a weel or fishing-basket]:—a box or basket, in Icel. of lattice-work, to carry on the back, also called meiss, q. v.; lauprinn er hann bar sveininn, FmS. x. 217, Vápn. 16, Vm. 98; selja salt í laupum, n. G. l. ii. 254: in Norway esp. of a measure of butter, Gþl. 491, 493, 524 (smjör-laupr), D. n. passim; kol-laupr, q. v.; ef munda þik hafa upp fætt í ull-laupi mínum (my wool basket) ef ek vissa at þú mundir einatt lifa, Orkn. 28.
- laupr
- 2. metaph. the timber frame or scaffold of a building; þá er þeir höfðu reistan laup kirkjunnar, FmS. ii. 234; á öðru árinu var lauprinn reistr, sem voru allir innstöplar ok syllurnar tvær, Safn i. 66.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Safn
- Safn til Sögu Islands.