SKÍRA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SKÍRA

ð; a distinction is made between skíra (with í) = to purify, and skýra (with y) metaph. = to explain; but that both words are identical is shewn from the Goth.: [Ulf. skeirjan = ἑρμηνεύειν, skeireins = ἑρμηνεία, skeirs = clear]:—to cleanse, purify; s. silfr, Hkr. i. 185; þat skírir ok birtir augu, … þat bætir myrk augu ok skírir, Pr. 472, 473; skíra sik, to cleanse oneself.

2 SKÍRA

2. of an oath or ordeal, to clear, purge; skíra sik með tylptar-eiði, Gþl. 151; ok skíri hón sik, ok handsala faðerni ef hón verðr skír, Lv. 77; er þó ván at þú skírir þik í hreinsunar-eldi, Fms. vii. 38.

3 SKÍRA

II. eccl. [as translation of A. S. fullian = to cleanse], to baptize, christen; skíra barn, K. Þ. K., N. G. L., Fms., Nj., Bs., in countless instances, old and mod.

4 SKÍRA

2. reflex. skírask, to be baptized; láta skírask, Jb. 10, Fms. i. 23, 129.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛁᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
f.: feminine.
Goth.: Gothic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
reflex: reflexive.
reflex.: reflexive.
S.: South, Southern.
transl: translation, translated.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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SKÍRA

SKÍRA

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1 SKÍRA

2 SKÍRA

3 SKÍRA

4 SKÍRA

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