Skæði
Old Norse Dictionary - skæði
Meaning of Old Norse word "skæði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skæði can mean:skæði
- skæði
- 1. i. e. skœði, n. pl. [derived from skór], the piece of leather cut square for making a pair of shoes; þar liggr léskrápr, taki hann sér þar af skæði, Ísl. ii. 113; var þá skorin yxnis-húðin til skæða, 71, Skíða R. 23, 24, 26, 32, 38; il-skæði, Od. xiv. 24. skæða-drífa, u, f. flakes of snow. skæða-tollr, m. a ‘shoe-tax,’ a kind of church-tax; s. af hverju bænhúsi, Vm. 92; s. ok osttollr, 74; hey-tollr, ljós-tollr, ost-tollr, skæða-tollr af ellifu bæjum, en af Arnar-vatni osttollr ok s. at eins, Pm. 76.
- skæði
- 2. n. [skæðr], scathe, damage; tungu-skæði, ‘tongue-scathe,’ bad language.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- R.
- Rimur.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)