Skapt-ker
Old Norse Dictionary - skapt-ker
Meaning of Old Norse word "skapt-ker"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skapt-ker
- n., the older and truer form is skap-ker, Gm. 25 (Bugge, see the foot-note), Ó. H. 30, Edda i. 128 (Cod. REg.), n. G. l. i. 31; the later and erroneous form is skapt-ker, Edda (Ub. l. c.), Eg. 24, Gísl. 166. Fb. ii. 33 (a v. l. to Ó. H. 30), FmS. vi. 241: [the word is therefore not derived from skapt, but from skepja = Germ. schöpfen]:—the large vessel in the hall from which the horns (cups) were filled (= Gr. κρατήρ); þat var horn Þóris ok hafði hann unnit (emptied it) ok ætlaði þú at bera til skaptkers, FmS. vi. 241, cp. Yngl. S. ch. 14; for the other references see above.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛒᛏ-ᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Ub.
- Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)