Skír-teini

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skír-teini

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skír-teini

n. [cp. jartein], a proof, evidence (documentary or personal), freq. in mod. usage: skír-teinn, m. the name of a charmed sword, which shewed the guilt or innocence of one who touched it, Hem.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛁᚱ-ᛏᛁᛁᚾᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.

Works & Authors

Hem.: Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)

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