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.)