For-skáli
Old Norse Dictionary - for-skáli
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-skáli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-skáli
- a, m. an ante-chamber, lobby, Dropl. 28, Bs. i. 451, Sturl. ii. 173, iii. 193.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)