Skaða

Old Norse Dictionary - skaða

Meaning of Old Norse word "skaða"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word skaða can mean:skaða

skaða
1. að, [see skeðja; Engl. scathe; O. H. G. skadon; Germ. schaden; Dan. skade]:—to scathe, hurt, in old writers impers. to take hurt, be scathed; ekki skal þik í skaða, Ld. 212; þig skaðar ekki, frændi, ef ek einn mæli þetta, Fb. ii. 194; má ok vera at skikkjuna skaði ekki, Fms, ii. 279; bætti hann þat, svá at ekki skaðaði, vii. 158.
skaða
2. u, f. a bird, Dan. skade, Edda (gl.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
impers.
impersonal.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pers.
person.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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