Skálma

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Skálma

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 skálma

að, to stride with long paces, Hallfred (Fs. 106, where reflex.): freq. in mod. usage, hann gékk burt og skálmaði stórum, Od. xi. 539.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛘᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
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