Mann-tapi
Old Norse Dictionary - mann-tapi
Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-tapi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mann-tapi
- a, m. loss of life, Grág. ii. 130, MS. 625. 14, BS. ii. 111, Fb. i. 70, Ver. 73; manntapa-vetr, a winter of great mortality, Ann. 1196.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᛏᛅᛒᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)