Skakka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skakka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skakka

að, to balance; in the phrase, skakka með e-m, or. skakka milli þeirra, to interfere between fighters, Fas. iii. 93, Þórð. 52; as also, skakka leik, to interfere between two combatants so as to decide the matter.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᚴᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)
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