Ör-skot
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-skot
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-skot" (or ǫr-skot)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-skot (ǫr-skot)
- n. = ördrag, an arrow-shot, of distance, Al. 13, Karl. 286; örskots-lengð, Grág. i. 91. örskots-helgr, f. a law phrase, an asylum or sanctuary within arrow-shot. Grág. passim; cp. esp. the interesting record Landn. 5, ch. 4 (287, 288); the örskotshelgr is in Grág. Vsl. ch. 51 set at two hundred (i. e. 240) fathoms.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-skot may be more accurately written as ǫr-skot.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛋᚴᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vsl.
- Vígslóði. (B. I.)