Skálm

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skálm

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skálm

f. a short sword, Hom. 14, Gkv. 2. 19, Fas. ii. 229, Ld. 214, Hkr. iii. 150, Fb. i. 259, ii. 138, Fas. i. 56 sqq., Fms. vi. 402, Grett. 140, Band, (in a verse); ryð-skálm.

2 skálm

II. one part of a cloven thing; hann tók upp birki-rapt mikinn, ok reiddi um öxl svá at hann hélt um skálmirnar, … raptrinn gékk í sundr í skálmunum, Eb. 324; skálma-tré, a cleft tree, Pr. 421; buxna-skálm, one leg of a pair of breeches.

3 skálm

III. [cp. skálpr; old Swed. skafl], a bean-pod; bauna-skálmir, Barl. 46.

4 skálm

IV. a pr. name of a mare, Landn.

5 skálm

V. the word occurs in the local names, Skálmar-dalr, -fjörðr, -nes, Landn.; but may not such names be derived from the cloven shape of the firths or the fells?

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛘ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
part: participle.
pr.: proper.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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