Hel-skór
Old Norse Dictionary - hel-skór
Meaning of Old Norse word "hel-skór"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hel-skór
- m. pl. ‘Hel-shoes,’ put on the dead to enable them to walk to Hel; for this heathen burial rite see Gísl. 24 (107).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚ-ᛋᚴᚢᚱ
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:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)