Skel-þunnr
Old Norse Dictionary - skel-þunnr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skel-þunnr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skel-þunnr
- adj. ‘shell-thin,’ thin as a shell, of an edge, Eg. (in a verse), freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚ-ᚦᚢᚾᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)