Skapan
Old Norse Dictionary - skapan
Meaning of Old Norse word "skapan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skapan can mean:skapan
- skapan
- and sköpun, f. a shape, form; fríðr at allri skapan, Fms. ii. 19; líkr móður sinni at skaplyndi ok sköpun, iii. 195; þú, prestr, spurðir mik, hversu þeir menn væri í skapan sem íllr er sjórinn … sá er gráleitr ok þunnleitr sem þú ert, Bs. i. 797: an order, precept, H. E. i. 386: allit., skapan ok skipan, Stj. 5.
- skapan
- II. creation; Adam ok Eva á fyrsta degi sinnar skapanar, Stj. 41: passim in mod. usage, esp. in the Bible, Pass., Vídal.; sköpunar verk, creation.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛒᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- f.
- feminine.
- lit.
- literally.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.