Skari
Old Norse Dictionary - skari
Meaning of Old Norse word "skari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skari can mean:skari
- skari
- 1. a, m. a snuffer, Pm. 31; elda-skari, Magn. Ólafsson.
- skari
- 2. a, m. [Germ. schaar; Dan. skare], a host, troop, esp. a procession; Spes ok hennar skari, Grett. 161 A, Fas. iii. 359, Bs. ii. 122; engla skari, a host of angels, D. n. ii. 166, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)