Skaup
Old Norse Dictionary - skaup
Meaning of Old Norse word "skaup"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skaup
- n. mockery, ridicule; skaupi gnegr, Ad. 2; þat varð hlaup at skaupi, Kormak; hafa at skaupi, to mock, scoff at, Clem. 43, Fms. iv. 259; hann görir af mikit skaup, Sks. 247; skaup ok skemmt, Fms. ii. 142; skaup eðr atyrði, Fs. 72; hafa í skaupi ok hlátri, Bs. i. 812; draga þeir glott at ok mikit skaup, 647; verða at skömm ok at skaupi, Stj. 569: mod. skop.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)