SKATI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SKATI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SKATI

a, m., pl. skatnar, poët.; [cp. Swed. skata = the top of a tree, a spar, and skat-vegr or skötu-vegr, skat-viða]:—a towering, lordly man, but only used in poetry, Edda (Gl.); skapleik skata, Höfuðl.; skati enn ungi, Hdl. 9; skatna margra, 21; er at skamt milli skata húsa, a saying, great men are not found at every door, Ad. 21; enginn veifiskati, no open-handed men, Ölk. 34; gull-skati, Edda (in a verse); þjóðskati, a great, lordly man, Höfuðl.: plur. men, skatna vinr, the friend of men, Yngl. S. (in a verse); skatna dróttinn, Skv. 1. 5; skatna mengi, Akv. 31, Skv. 3. 54; as a nickname, Fms. xi. 351.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
plur.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
Höfuðl.: Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Ölk.: Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

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