Skap-ligr
Old Norse Dictionary - skap-ligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skap-ligr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skap-ligr can mean:skap-ligr
- skap-ligr
- adj. [Engl. shapely], shapely, handsome; kona stór vexti en þó skaplig, Grett. 143 new Ed.
- skap-ligr
- 2. suitable, due, meet, Fms. vi. 176; hús svá mikit at þér sé skapligt (suitable) at hvíla i, xi. 4; kenningar hans vóru skapligar ok skemtiligar, his teachings were suitable and instructive, Bs. i. 164; sem skapligt var, as was due, Ld. 32: due, meet, deserved, skapligt erendi, Fms. viii. 90, Eb. 84; hann mun þykkjask eiga við oss skapligan fund, Fms. i. 309 (x. 356).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛒ-ᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)