Þópta
Old Norse Dictionary - þópta
Meaning of Old Norse word "þópta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þópta
- u, f., better þopta, for optar, þopta make a rhyme; now sounded þótta:—a rowing bench, aptr stökk þjóð um þoptur, Hallfr.; þessi maðr var hárr á þoptu, Fms. ii. 180; mörk fyrir þoptu hverja, þat heita þoptu-gjöld, N. G. L. i. 103: allit., þóptu ok þilju, Grág., passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛒᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)