SKÚA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SKÚA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SKÚA

að, [skór], to shoe; vel hosaðr ok skúaðr, Sks. 286; fætr þína skúar þú, Barl. 83.

2 SKÚA

2. of a horse; at hann léti með gulli skúa hesta sína, Fms. vii. 94; var svá mikill ofmetnaðr hans, at hann vildi skúa hest sinn gullskóm sem konungrinn sjálfr, so proud was he that he wished to shoe his horse with golden shoes like the king himself, O. H. L. 48; hesti skúaðum, Fbr. 19; skúa þú hann vel ok fastliga, Sks. 374; Styrr hafði skúaðan hest, Ísl. ii. 294 (in the extracts); vóru skúaðir (skóaðir, járnaðir, v. l.) tuttugu hestar, Fms. viii. 182; see the remarks s. v. skór:—ásar skúaðir neðan með járni, iron-shod beams, Sks. 425; ú-skúaðr, unshod, Fms. v. 196.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᚢᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
s. v.
sub verbo.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
O. H. L.
Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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