Skefill
Old Norse Dictionary - skefill
Meaning of Old Norse word "skefill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skefill can mean:skefill
- skefill
- m. [skafa], a scratcher; eyrna-skefill, an ear-picker.
- skefill
- II. = skemill, fót-skemill by changing m into f, Bs. i. 155.
- skefill
- III. a pr. name, Rd. 289; of a mythol. king, Edda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚠᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)