Definitionen
Definitionen
1 skeyti
n. [skjóta]. a shaft, missile; honum selr Fjölnir í hönd eitt skeyti … hann berr þessa ör fyrir hvern mann, Fms. xi. 71; með s. sín, Lv. 66, Fms. ii. 332; skafa s., Rm. 39; skaðleg s., Fms. ii. 198; þung s., Magn. 468, Skv. 3. 54: shafts or arrows were used for tokens or messages (cp. Swed. budkafle, her-ör, q. v.), hence the Icel. popular phrases, eg heti ekki fengið nein skeyti, I have received no notice; hann hefir ekki sent mér nein s., he has sent me no message.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
skeyti
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "skeyti" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.