Skár

Old Norse Dictionary - skár

Meaning of Old Norse word "skár"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skár
adj. [ská, skátt; cp. Ulf. us-skaws, 1 ThesS. v. 8, and us-skawjan = ἀνανήφειν; whence A. S. sceawjan; Germ. schauen]:—open; only used in the compds opin-skár, made public; her-skár, open to inroads, of a country, see herr (p. 259).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

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