Skeggi
Dictionnaire vieux norrois - skeggi
Signification du mot vieux norrois "skeggi"
Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :
- skeggi
- a, m., pl. skeggjar, in the compds, eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-shaggies,’ i. e. islanders, freq. in the Sagas, prob. originally a sort of soubriquet, owing to the notion that islanders were more rough and wild in their habits than other men; the word is particularly used of the Faroe islanders, Fær., Ó. H.: cp. Götu-skeggjar, the name of a family from Gata in Faroe; Mostrar-skeggr, the nickname of Thorolf of Moster, an island in Norway, Eb., Landn.; cp. hraun-skeggi, the man of the wilderness, Fs.
Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛋᚴᛁᚴᚴᛁ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger
Abréviations utilisées :
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
Œuvres & Auteurs cités :
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)