Sópa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sópaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sópa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sópa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sópa
- (að), v.
- sópa
- 1) to sweep, with dat. (griðkonan ~r saman léreptunum);
- sópa
- láta greipr ~ um e-t, ~ höndum um e-t, to make a clean sweep, carry off all;
- sópa
- 2) to sweep a house, floor, with acc. (A. lét ~ húsin ok tjalda);
- sópa
- 3) refl., ~st e-u, ~st at um e-t, ~st um, to scrape together, gather, = ~ e-u at sér (~st mönnum, ~st at um menn).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛒᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- acc.
- accusative.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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