Hjarn-skál
Old Norse Dictionary - hjarn-skál
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjarn-skál"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjarn-skál
- f. [Germ. hirnschale], the brain pan, the skull, Sturl. iii. 283, cp. Vkv. 23, 33.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᚱᚾ-ᛋᚴᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)