Hausaskelja-staðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hausaskelja-staðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hausaskelja-staðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hausaskelja-staðr
- m., Matth. xxvii. 33; in poetry the heaven (vault of heaven) is called the skull of the giant Ymir, undir gömlum Ýmis hausi, under the old skull of Ymir, sub dio, Arnór, see Edda, Vþm., Gm. l. c.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᛋᛅᛋᚴᛁᛚᛁᛅ-ᛋᛏᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)