Skopt
Old Norse Dictionary - skopt
Meaning of Old Norse word "skopt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skopt
- n., better skoft, mod. skott, q. v.; [Ulf. skufts = τρίχες; O. H. G. skuft; Germ. schopf]:—hair; skopt heitir hár, Edda 109; skopt it svarta, Fbr. (in a verse); þó heilagt skopt, Edda (in a verse); only in poets; it remains in the pr. name Skopti, Hkr., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛒᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)