skapt n
1.
shaft, missile; skjóta skapti í móti e-m, to shoot a shaft against, to withstand;
2.
handle, haft, of an axe, hammer; shaft, pole of a spear (cf hamarskapt, øxarskapt, spjótskapt);
3.
a shaft-shaped thing, eg a comet's tail, the beam in a weaver's loom, a peak on a helmet
