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.)