Definitions
Definitions
1 hel-skór
m. pl. ‘Hel-shoes,’ put on the dead to enable them to walk to Hel; for this heathen burial rite see Gísl. 24 (107).
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hel-skór
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hel-skór" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).