Mann-skaði
Old Norse Dictionary - mann-skaði
Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-skaði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mann-skaði
- a, m. ‘man-scathe,’ loss of life, Eg. 90: a great loss in a person’s death, þeir sögðn honum vígit, Gunnarr sagði, at þat var lítill m., Nj. 61; ok er þat enn mesti m. at taka þá af lífi, 136: havoc in men, þeim manni er þér hafði gört enn mesta mannskaða, Ó. H. 47; hann var þeirra meir lagðr til mannskada, Th. was the more murderous fighter of the two, Fbr. 23 new Ed. mannskaða-veðr, n. a destructive gale.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᛋᚴᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)