Definitions
Definitions
1 auð-skeptr
part. (in a proverb), Ad. 21, eigi eru a. almanna spjör, it is not easy to make shafts to all people’s spear heads, i. e. to act so that all shall be pleased, cp. Hm. 127; auð-skæf (as given in the Skálda, where this line is cited) may be a better reading = not easily carved or made so as to suit everybody.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
auð-skeptr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "auð-skeptr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).