Definitions
Definitions
1 skæla
1. d, [Dan. skjele; Germ. schielen], to make a wry face; skaela sig, Fas. iii. 471; hann er allr skældr og skakkr: to cry, of children, vertu ekki að skæla! skældu ekki!
2 skæla
2. u, f. the making a wry face, crying: a nickname, Fms. ix. 479.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
skæla
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "skæla" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).