Auð-skeptr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Auð-skeptr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᛅᚢᛏ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
i. e.: id est.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
part: participle.
part.: participle.

Works & Authors

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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