Ské

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ské

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ské

ð, [from Germ. ge-scheben; Dan. skee], to happen; it appears first in the 15th century, í Licia ski litlu síðarr, Nikdr. 51; þar af hefir opt mikil óhæfa skét, H. E. ii. 168 (seems to be due to a transcript, as are also passages such as Ísl. ii. 66, v. l. 4); after the Reformation the word became freq. in the N. T., Pass., Vídal., cp. also Safn i. 31, 32; in má-ské, kann-ské, may be!

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Safn
Safn til Sögu Islands.
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.

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