Skagi
Old Norse Dictionary - skagi
Meaning of Old Norse word "skagi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skagi
- a, m. [Shetl. skaw (as the Skaw of Unst)]:—a low cape or ness (höfði is a high head-land); á lands-enda þann inn norðara eðr skagann, A.A. 276; millum konungs-garðs ok skagans við Ólafs-klaustr, N. G. l. iii. 125; út-skagi: freq. in local names, Vendil-skagi or Jótlands-skagi, the Skagerack; the Skagi, the ness between the Skagafjord and Húnaflói; the Skagi in Akraness: Skaga-strönd, Skaga-fjörðr, whence Skag-firðingar, m. pl. the men from S.; Skag-firzkr, adj.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)