And-skoti
Old Norse Dictionary - and-skoti
Meaning of Old Norse word "and-skoti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word and-skoti can mean:and-skoti
- and-skoti
- and annskoti, a, m. [and-, adversus; skjóta, skoti], prop. an opponent, adversary, one who ‘shoots from the opposite ranks;’ a. lýðs várs ok laga várra, 655 xvi. B; þeir höfðu heyrt at andskotar þeirra vildi verja þeim vígi þingvöllinn, they had heard that their adversaries would keep them by a fight from the parliament field, Íb. ch. 7; eigi mun ek vera í andskota flokki móti honum, Fms. v. 269. 2. metaph. a fiend, devil, transl. of Satan, now only used in that sense and in swearing; nú hefir a. fundit færi á at freista yðvar, Post. 656; far í brott a., ϋπαγε Σατανα, 146; a. ok þeir englar er eptir honumhurfu, Ver. I; dökvir þik, anskoti (voc.), 623. 31, Hom. 108, 109, K. Á. 20.
- and-skoti
- COMPD: andskotaflokkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏ-ᛋᚴᚢᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- transl.
- translation.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)