Definitions
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 ii. 489: Skaufhala-bálkr, the name of an old unpublished Icel.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
Runic Inscription
skauf-hali
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "skauf-hali" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).