Skaps-löstr
Old Norse Dictionary - skaps-löstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skaps-löstr" (or skaps-lǫstr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skaps-löstr (skaps-lǫstr)
- m. = skaplöstr, Sturl. i. 146.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, skaps-löstr may be more accurately written as skaps-lǫstr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛒᛋ-ᛚᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)