Skygn

Dictionnaire vieux norrois - skygn

Signification du mot vieux norrois "skygn"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois skygn peut signifier :skygn

skygn
adj. seeing; tvan skygn augu, Mar.; skygn báðum augum. Fms. vi. 235; hann hafði fengit sýn sína ok var þá skygn maðr, Ó. H. 224; heil-s., hale-sighted, i. e. with good sight; ú-skygn, dim-sighted.
skygn
2. sharp-sighted; Einarr var einsýnn ok þó manna skygnstr, Orkn. 16, Ísl. ii. 83, Eg. 740 B; skygnastr, Ld. 278; frár ok skygn ok glögg-þekkinn, Finnb. 334; hón er svá skygn, at hón sér …, Best. 53; hvöss ok skygn hugsunar-augu, Skálda 160; skygnan ok greiniligan, Th. 12.
skygn
3. in mod. popular tales skygn denotes second sight, the power of seeing goblins, elves, etc. through hills and stones, and whatever is hidden from the common eye (= ófreskr in the old writers), see Maurer’s Volks. and Ísl. Þjóðs.; baptismal water sprinkled in the eyes of an infant is said to prevent his becoming skygn.

Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛋᚴᚢᚴᚾ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger

Abréviations utilisées :

adj.
adjective.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
etc.
et cetera.
mod.
modern.

Œuvres & Auteurs cités :

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
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