Lopt-svalir
Old Norse Dictionary - lopt-svalir
Meaning of Old Norse word "lopt-svalir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lopt-svalir
- f. pl. a balcony, gallery, lattice, Orkn. 74, Fms. vi. 270, 338, Stj. 606, (2 Kings i. 72, a lattice in his upper chamber.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛒᛏ-ᛋᚢᛅᛚᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)