Hlið-skjálf
Old Norse Dictionary - hlið-skjálf
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlið-skjálf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlið-skjálf
- f., old dat. hliðskjálfu, Gm. (prose): [prob. rather to be derived from hlið, gate, than hlið, side; the initial h is borne out by alliteration, Sagði hitt er hugði | Hliðskjálfar gramr …, Edda (in a verse); in Akv. 14 the sense and alliteration alike require höll, hall, instead of ‘land’]:—a shelf, bench, a name for the seat of Odin, whence he looked out over all the worlds, Edda 6, 12, 22, 30, Gm. l. c.; Óðinn ok Frigg sátu í Hliðskjálfu ok sá um heima alla, Gm. l. c. The heathen Hlið-skjálf brings to mind the legend in Grimm’s Märchen of the Tailor in Heaven.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᚦ-ᛋᚴᛁᛅᛚᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)