Sýpinn
Old Norse Dictionary - sýpinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "sýpinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sýpinn
- adj. a corrupt vulgar pronunciation for sýtinn (q. v.), used esp. of a niggardly person; hann er sýpinn: as also sýpa, t; sýpa í e-ð (qs. sýta), to grudge an outlay, of a miser, cp. Hm. 47.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛒᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)