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Geit-skinn

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1 geit-skinn

n. a goat-skin, Stj. 470: goat-skins were used by sorcerers, Nj. 20; hence the phrase, vefja geitskinni at höfði e-m, to hoodwink one.
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geit-skinn

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "geit-skinn" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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