Frið-skjöldr
Old Norse Dictionary - frið-skjöldr
Meaning of Old Norse word "frið-skjöldr" (or frið-skjǫldr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frið-skjöldr (frið-skjǫldr)
- m. a ‘peace-shield,’ a shield being used as a sign of truce, answering to the mod. flag of truce; in the phrase, bregða upp friðskildi, Fas. ii. 534, Orkn. 432, Hkr. iii. 205: the truce-shield was white and opp. to the red ‘war-shield,’ Hkv. 1. 33.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frið-skjöldr may be more accurately written as frið-skjǫldr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦ-ᛋᚴᛁᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)