Leiptr

Old Norse Dictionary - leiptr

Meaning of Old Norse word "leiptr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

leiptr
m., gen. leiptrs, a kind of whale or dolphin, Dan. lyft, Edda (Gl.); hnísa … eða leiptr er eigi verðr lengri en sjau álna, Sks. 203, Lex. Poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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