Skán
Old Norse Dictionary - skán
Meaning of Old Norse word "skán"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skán can mean:skán
- skán
- f. a thin membrane, film; hann laust hann með líkþrá, svá at ein skán var alt af hvirfli ofan ok niðr á tær, Hom. (St.); myki-skán, a cake of cow-dung, Þorf. Karl. 430.
- skán
- 2. esp. the skin on cooked milk, porridge, or the like; mjólkr-skán, grautar-skán, a common word in Icel.; cp. skæni, skeini.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Þorf. Karl.
- Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)