Skapnaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - skapnaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skapnaðr"

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

Old Norse word skapnaðr can mean:skapnaðr

skapnaðr
m. a shape, form, freq. in mod. usage.
skapnaðr
2. what is due, propriety; mér þykkir jafnt s. at verki komi verka í mót, Bjarn. 46; skapnaðar-eyrendi, a due errand, Fms. viii. 90, 221, Lv. 79; skapnaðar virðing, due honour, Eg. 739.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
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