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.