Verk-kaup
Old Norse Dictionary - verk-kaup
Meaning of Old Norse word "verk-kaup"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- verk-kaup
- n. wages, Fms. ii. 42, Ísl. ii. 199, Greg. 4, Stj. 177; the mod. but less correct form mostly verðkaup, e. g. Luke vi. 35; yðar verðkaup er mikit á himni, 23.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴ-ᚴᛅᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)