Skálpr
Old Norse Dictionary - skálpr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skálpr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skálpr can mean:skálpr
- skálpr
- m. a leather sheath; varð laust sverðit, Sigurðr héit um skálpinn, Sturl. iii. 163; þeir átu skálpana af sverðum sínum, Fms. viii. 436; drag sverðit ór skálpinum, Karl. 72; skálp-hús, in a pun, Krók.
- skálpr
- II. a kind of boat or ship, Edda (Gl.); hence perhaps, Skálp-eið, the name of an isthmus in the Orkneys, Orkn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)