Skaut-konungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skaut-konungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skaut-konungr

m. ‘sheet-king,’ the nickname of the Swedish king Olave who was an orphan child and was carried about by the Swedes, as the tale is told in Fas. i. 511, cp. Ó. H. ch. 15; but may not the name be derived from his having been an adopted son of the old king? See the references s. v. skaut (3).

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᚢᛏ-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
s. v.
sub verbo.
Swed
Swedish.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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