Skip-reiða
Old Norse Dictionary - skip-reiða
Meaning of Old Norse word "skip-reiða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skip-reiða
- u, f. ‘ship-levy;’ in Norway the country for the purposes of levy was divided into ‘skipreiður,’ tvá menn skal nefna ór hverri skipreiðu, Gþl. 10; var þá rannsakat útboð í hverri skipreiðu, Ó. H. 148; skipta í skipreiður, Hkr. i. 146.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛒ-ᚱᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)