Spítal

Old Norse Dictionary - spítal

Meaning of Old Norse word "spítal"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

spítal: n. (spítali, a, m., Symb. 30, Fms. x. 153, xi. 202, 301; not specially for the sick); [for. word; mid. Lat. hospitale]:—a spital or hospital for the poor or strangers, Symb. 28, Fms. x. 153; lærðra manna spítal, Ann. 1308; for lepers, Dipl. ii. 16, 94; spítals-prestr, D. n. ii. 16.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛏᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

for.: foreign.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Symb.: Symbolae. (H. IV.)

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