Skars
Old Norse Dictionary - skars
Meaning of Old Norse word "skars"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skars
- sounded skass (? gender), [cp. skyrsi and skersa], a monster, ogress, giantess, Hdl. 39, Hkv. Hjörv. 23, Hkv. 1. 38: hjálm-skars, the ‘helm-ogre’ = an axe, Lex. Poët.: in mod. usage of a romping lass, þú ert mesta skass!
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚱᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.