Geit-skinn
Old Norse Dictionary - geit-skinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "geit-skinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- geit-skinn
- n. a goat-skin, Stj. 470: goat-skins were used by sorcerers, Nj. 20; hence the phrase, vefja geitskinni at höfði e-m, to hoodwink one.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛏ-ᛋᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)