SKÚR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SKÚR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SKÚR

f., but originally masc. as in other Teut. idioms, which gender is still preserved in the north of Icel.; it is thus masc. in Run. Gramm. Island.; so also Pal Vídal.,—Norðlinga kennum vér af ‘generibus vocum’ svo sem skúr er hjá þeim karlkennt, en kvennkennt hjá Sunnlingum, Skýr. 126; Runolf, a native of northern Icel., in Gramm. Island., has it masc.; so in later times the poet B. Gröndal, a native of Mývatn, sól og myrka skúra (acc. pl.), in a ditty of 1790. [A. S. scúr: Engl. shower; Germ. schauer]:—a shower; fyrir élum ok skúrum, Hom.; regn eða skúr, Edda i; dropa eða skúrir, 350; þau ský er skúrum blandask, Alm.; skúr, 656 B. 12; blóði hafði rignt í skúrinni, Eb. 260; hvervetna gengu skúrir við annarstaðar í nónd, Bs. i. 339; skúrum ok regnum, Stj. 30; himins í dimmu skúr. Pass.

2 SKÚR

2. metaph. a shower of missiles; þessi skúr leið skjótt yfir, Fms. viii. 222: poët. tears are skúr augna …, the shower of the eyes; vúpna, hjálma skúrir, the weapon-shower, helmet-shower; as also, meil-skúr, álm-skúr, dyn-skúr, skot-skúr, nadd-skúr, i. e. a shower of missiles, Lex. Poët.

3 SKÚR

COMPDS: skúradrög, skúraveðr.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
acc.
accusative.
ch
chapter.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
masc.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
orig
original, originally.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
S.
South, Southern.
Teut.
Teutonic.

Works & Authors

Alm.
Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.

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