Lipr
Old Norse Dictionary - lipr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lipr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lipr
- adj., the r is radical, compar. liprari, superl. liprastr; [cp. Lat. lepidus]:—handy, skilled, adroit; the word is freq. in mod. usage, but seems not to occur in writers before the 15th century, and may be borrowed; ertú at nokkuru íþrótta-maðr? þat ferr fjarri, sagði hann, þvíat ek em úliprari (more awkward) en aðrir menn, FaS. ii. 262 (MS. of the 15th century); also used of speech, lipr-leiki, a, m. adroitness.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- compar.
- comparative.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- superl.
- superlative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)