Skel
Old Norse Dictionary - skel
Meaning of Old Norse word "skel"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skel can mean:skel
- skel
- gen. skeljar, pl. skeljar, [Ulf. skalja = κέραμος, Luke v. 19; A. S. sceala; Engl. shell; cp. Germ. schale]:—a shell, of flat or spoon-formed shells, as opp. to kúfungr (of whorled shells); báru-skel, gymbr-skel, kú-skel, öðu-skel (aða), kráku-skel; skurn eðr skel, Stj. 88, Mag.; Skelja-karl, id., Skíða R.: kné-skel, the knee-pan.
- skel
- COMPDS: skeljabrot, skeljahrúga, skeljamoli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)