Skakkr
Old Norse Dictionary - skakkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skakkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skakkr can mean:skakkr
- skakkr
- adj. skew, wry, distorted (rangr, q. v., is mostly used in a metaph. sense); hvárki vindt né skakkt. Krók. 42; ekki skakkt né hallt, 656 A. i. 33; skakkr eða lami, 656 B. 7; bar hanu jafnan hallt höfuðit síðan, því var hann skakkr kallaðR. Orkn. 364; skakkar tenn, Skíða R.; skakkr á banni, with a sprained leg, Hým. 37: allit., skældr ok skakkr: neut., skjóta augum í skakk, to look awry, FbR. 71.
- skakkr
- II. metaph. unequal; skökk mála-efni, Fms. iv. 332; þótt várir fundir hafi jafnan skakkir verit sakir fjölmennis, viii. 214; at görð sjá sé heldr skökk, unequal, unjust. Eg. 738.
- skakkr
- III. as a nickname, Skakki = Lat. Claudus: Skakka-skáld, a nickname.
- skakkr
- COMPDS: skakkborinn, skakkhorn, skakkifótr, skakktenntR.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- R.
- Rimur.
- v.
- vide.
- Lat.
- Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)