Vá-skeyttr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vá-skeyttr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vá-skeyttr

part., qs. var-skeyttr, van-skeyttr, a law phrase, unconveyable, untransferable: hence fickle, shifty, váskeytt er annars vinátta, a saying, Gþl. 61; þar er eigi váskeyttr vili sá er ymsu vindr fram, 677. 8.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅ-ᛋᚴᛁᚢᛏᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors

Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
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