veipr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waipaz and cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (waips, “wreath, crown”).

Noun

veipr m

  1. (hapax) A kind of headcloth
    • c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, edited by Jón Sigurðsson, Edda Snorra Sturlasonar / Edda Snorronis Sturlæi., published 1852, page 494:
      Skeptingr (hǫfvðvkr) […] veipr […]
      Headscarf (headcloth). […] veipr […]

Declension

Unknown.

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