Reip
Old Norse Dictionary - reip
Meaning of Old Norse word "reip"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word reip can mean:reip
- reip
- n., mod. reipi, [Goth. raip; A. S. râp; Engl. rope; Scot. raip; O. H. G. reif; Dan. reb; Swed. rep]:—a rope, FmS. iv. 335, Grág. ii. 361; hann sleit í sundr reipin, Edda 26; láta reip á háls hverjum þeirra, 623. 33; fyrir hví gáfut ér oss eigi eins reips jörð, Stj. 361; þat er gyrði töng eða reipi, n. G. l. i. 349; reips hald, a rope’s hold, Sturl. ii. 139; heljar reip, Sól. 27; festa reipin upp á hestana, Eb. 180; göra upp reipi, to tie up a rope; ólar-reip, band-reip, hrosshárs-reip.
- reip
- 2. of a ship’s tackle; drífa til reipa, FmS. vii. (in a verse); reipa reiði, rigging, tackling, vi. 308: compds, drag-reip, hjálp-r., kjal-r., skaut-r., þrá-r., q. v.:—the phrase, við raman reip at draga, from the game of two persons pulling a rope, Nj. 10, FmS. ii. 107, FS. 75. reipa-knútr, m. a kind of cross-knot.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)