Hand-skot
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-skot
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-skot"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-skot
- n. a throwing by hand, opp. to bogaskot (shooting from a bow), Eb. 308, Fas. ii. 513, Fms. vi. 84, Bs. i. 621, Fb. i. 485.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛋᚴᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)