Heims-skaut

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Heims-skaut

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᚼᛁᛁᛘᛋ-ᛋᚴᛅᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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