Vápna
Old Norse Dictionary - vápna
Meaning of Old Norse word "vápna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vápna can mean:vápna
- vápna
- (vopna), að, to furnish with arms, Al. 66; vápnit yðr, Fms. ix. 217; vápna sik, to arm oneself, Fas. i. 41, Bær. 11.
- vápna
- II. reflex. to take one’s arms, Nj. 231, Fms. viii. 85, passim. 2. vápnaðr, armed, Eg. 77, 564, Nj. 69, Al. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛒᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)