Sköp

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sköp

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sköp" in English.

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

sköp Old Icelandic word can mean:

sköp
n. pl.
sköp
1) what is fated, one’s fate, doom (eigi má við sköpunum sporna); ef at sköpum ferr, if it goes according to the natural course of things;
sköp
2) curse (þá er konunga-börn urðu fyrir stjúpmœðra sköpum);
sköp
3) with the article, sköpin, the genitals.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛒ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
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