Definitions
Definitions
1 heims-skaut
n. pl. the poles, Fs. ii. 97 (in a verse); the earth being conceived as a sheet stretched out (mod.), Norðr-h., the North pole; Suðr-h., the South pole.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
heims-skaut
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "heims-skaut" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).