Hel-skór

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hel-skór

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᚼᛁᛚ-ᛋᚴᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

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