Skarðr
Old Norse Dictionary - skarðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skarðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skarðr
- part. diminished; hinn skarði máni, the crescent moon, Vkv. 6; með skarða skjöldu, with ‘sheared,’ hacked shields, Hkm. 9: the phrase, hafa, bera … skarðan hlut, to have a ‘sheared lot,’ not to get one’s share, to be worsted, Ísl. ii. 315, Am. 100; sitja margir of skörðum hlut fyrir þér, Ó. H. 150; menn munu eigi una svá skörðum hlut við þik, Fær. 160.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Hkm.
- Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)