Jarð-skjálfti
Old Norse Dictionary - jarð-skjálfti
Meaning of Old Norse word "jarð-skjálfti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jarð-skjálfti
- a, m. an earthquake, Sks. 143, Hom. 139, Mar., freq. in mod. usage; cp. landskjálpti.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚦ-ᛋᚴᛁᛅᛚᚠᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)