Ör-skipti
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-skipti
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-skipti" (or ǫr-skipti)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-skipti (ǫr-skipti)
- n. pl. eccentricity, strange affairs; hence örskipta-maðr, an eccentric, overbearing person, Lv. 27 (cp. the context); inir mestu örskipta menn, violent men, Eb. 110, Fb. i. 250; segja frá nokkurs-konar örskiptum frá kynslum eða undrum, to relate strange things, wonders and marvels, Þiðr. 4.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-skipti may be more accurately written as ǫr-skipti.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)