Mann-skæðr
Old Norse Dictionary - mann-skæðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-skæðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mann-skæðr
- adj. ‘scatheful,’ savage to man; stór dýr ok mann-skæð, Hkr. i. 69, Rb. 344: of a battle, bloody, Fms. i. 44, ii. 316, 323, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᛋᚴᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)