Skipan

Old Icelandic Dictionary - skipan

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "skipan" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

skipan Old Icelandic word can mean:

skipan: f.

skipan: 1) order, arrangement; A. sagði, hver s. vera skyldi fyrir liði hans, how his troops should be drawn up; þessi var s. á göngu konungs til kirkju, this was the order of the royal procession;

skipan: 2) manning of a ship, crew; sex skip skipuð fullri s., fully manned:

skipan: 3) place, berth, as one of the crew (hann tók, sér s. með þeim manni, er Þórólfr hét);

skipan: 4) due order, due course, disposition, arrangement (lét hann upp lesa bréf um s. ríkisins);

skipan: 5) orders (þeir beiddust skipunar at konungi);

skipan: 6) change; mun honum, þykkja góð a. á komin, he will think that good change has taken place.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛅᚾ

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

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