Skauf-hali

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skauf-hali

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skauf-hali

a, m. ‘sheaf-tail,’ one of the names of Reynard the Fox in the tale, Fms. viii. 314, 319, Edda (Gl.) ii. 489: Skaufhala-bálkr, the name of an old unpublished Icel. poem, a popular Reynard the Fox of the 15th century, beginning thus,—Hefir í grenjum | gamall skaufali, | lengi búið | hjá lágfælu.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᚢᚠ-ᚼᛅᛚᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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