Skekill
Old Norse Dictionary - skekill
Meaning of Old Norse word "skekill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skekill can mean:skekill
- skekill
- (better skekkill with kk), m. dimin., [skiki: akin to Engl. shank]:—the shanks or legs of an animal’s skin when stretched out, hence út-skekill, an outskirt, of a land or field, tún-skekill, land-skekill, q. v.
- skekill
- II. as a nickname, Sturl.: the mythol. name of a sea-king, Edda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)