Skepna
Old Norse Dictionary - skepna
Meaning of Old Norse word "skepna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skepna can mean:skepna
- skepna
- u, f. [skapa; Dan. skabning], a shape, form; með hverigri skepnu sem er, K. Þ. K. (begin.); eptir réttri skepnu, Fms. v. 347, Hom. 115.
- skepna
- 2. fate, destiny (Dan. skjebne), MS. 4. 8 (but rare).
- skepna
- II. a created thing, creature; sá Guð at þetta var allt saman góð skepna, Stj. 15; hann greindi skepnuna í tvær greinir, Rb. 78; Dróttinn Guð sá er allri skepnu stýrir, 623. 25, Lil. 6; alla skepnuna, … öll sýnilig skepna, Stj. 29, 30; englar … er æztir váru allrar Guðs skepnu, 656 C. i; skepnu en eigi skapara, Ver. 47; Guð skóp allar skepnur senn, Rb. 78; góð skepna, 677. 10; á enni sömu skepnu gékk Pétr þurrum fótum, of the sea, Greg. 58: compd., skepnu-dagr, the day of creation, Ver. 7.
- skepna
- 2. in mod. usage esp. cattle, livestock; fara vel með skepnurnar, engin lifandi skepna; skepnu-laus, without livestock; skepnu-höld, the keeping of livestock, and so on.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛒᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- begin.
- beginning.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- compd.
- compound.
- l.
- line.
- esp.
- especially.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Lil.
- Lilja. (A. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)