Þegn-skapr
Old Norse Dictionary - þegn-skapr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þegn-skapr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þegn-skapr can mean:þegn-skapr
- þegn-skapr
- m. an honour, = Germ. ehre, as a law phrase; in the law phrase, leggja e-t undir þ. sinn, to swear upon one’s honour, Grág. i. 29, Nj. 150; þegnskapar lagning, and þegnskapar-lagningar-eiðr, an oath upon one’s honour, Grág. i. 30, 321.
- þegn-skapr
- 2. liberality, generosity; en er honum eyddisk fé fyrir þegnskapar sakir, Vapn. (begin.); hann var vel fjár-eigandi en lítill í þegnskap, Fbr. 35; fara til Svínafells ok reyna þegnskap Flosa (hospitality), Nj. 282.
- þegn-skapr
- 3. the allegiance of a þegn (II). þegnskapar-maðr, m. a liberal, open-handed man, Grett. 106 A.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚴᚾ-ᛋᚴᛅᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- begin.
- beginning.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)