Skelfing
Old Norse Dictionary - skelfing
Meaning of Old Norse word "skelfing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skelfing
- f. ‘shaking,’ terror, Th. 25, freq. in mod. usage: as adv. = awfully, skelfing er að tarna fallegt, awfully fine!
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚠᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)