Skauplöstr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skauplöstr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skauplöstr" (or skauplǫstr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

skauplöstr (skauplǫstr): skauplöstr, m. den Uvane at man gjerne vil drive Spot med andre, have nogetat udsætte paa dem; sá hverr, er hannveit sik hluttakara vera þessa skaup-lastar, at hann sé áleitinn eðr atfundull,þá íhugi hann þat - Heilag. I, 5112.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, skauplöstr may be more accurately written as skauplǫstr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛆᚢᛕᛚᚯᛋᛏᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.