Skapt
Old Icelandic Dictionary - skaptMeaning of Old Icelandic word "skapt" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
skapt Old Icelandic word can mean:
- skapt
- n.
- skapt
- 1) shaft, missile; skjóta ~i í móti e-m, to shoot a shaft against, to withstand;
- skapt
- 2) handle, haft, of an axe, hammer; shaft, pole of a spear (cf. hamar~, øxar~, spjót~);
- skapt
- 3) a shaft-shaped thing, e. g. a comet’s tail, the beam in a weaver’s loom, a peak on a helmet.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛒᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- f.
- feminine.
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