Skírsl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skírsl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skírsl

f., prop. purification, an ordeal; for the ordeal see the remarks s. v. bera A. 111, jörð A. in fine, ketill 1. 2; as also the words járn-burðr, ketil-tak, jarðar-men; göra skírslir, Fms. x. 418; Guðs skírslir, ‘God’s ordeal,’ is opp. to manna skírsl, man’s ordeal (i. e. an oath), N. G. L. i. 389; göra e-m stefnu til þings, ok njóti þar skírsla sinna, Js. 38; hann skal eigi eiga hverft til manna skírsla ef hann býðr fyrri Guðs skírslir, i. e. if a man first offers God’s ordeal he shall have no right afterwards to man’s ordeal, the oath, N. G. L. l. c.

2 skírsl

COMPDS: skírslareldr, skírslaþing.

3 skírsl

II. a christening = skírn, q. v.; um Guðsifjar ok skírsl (skísl Ed.), N. G. L. i. 339; skírsla-stefna, the fixing a time for christening, 340.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛁᚱᛋᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
opp
opposed to.
opp.
opposed.
opp. to
opposed to.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
s. v.
sub verbo.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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