Ör-keypis

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-keypis

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-keypis" (or ǫr-keypis)

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

ör-keypis (ǫr-keypis)
adv. gratuitously, = ókeypis, Rétt. 84.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-keypis may be more accurately written as ǫr-keypis.

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

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Rétt.
Réttarbætr. (B. II.)
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