Skær

Old Norse Dictionary - skær

Meaning of Old Norse word "skær"

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

skær
m., gen. skæs, dat. and acc. skæ, [skæva, skævaðr], a racer, steed, Höfuðl. 12, Orkn. (in a verse), Ísl. ii. 229: metaph., s. skorðu, sunda, = a ship, Lex. Poët.; skir (= skær), Hým. 36; only used by poets.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
dat.
dative.
gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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