Stipti

Old Norse Dictionary - stipti

Meaning of Old Norse word "stipti"

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

stipti
n. [Dan. stift, and earlier Low Germ. form stigt]:—in Denmark and Norway the country is divided into stifter, i. e. bailiwicks, or eccl. bishoprics; in Icel. the word and thing are quite mod.; hence stiptamt and stiptamt-maðr, a governor.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
Germ.
German.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

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