Skelmir
Old Norse Dictionary - skelmir
Meaning of Old Norse word "skelmir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skelmir can mean:skelmir
- skelmir
- m. [Dan. skjelm = Germ. schelm], a rogue, devil; drepa skelmi þann, Boll. 352; skelmirinn, of the devil, Th. 76, Fb. i. 417, Bs. ii. 81; hann spratt upp ok spurði hvat skelmi þat væri, Grett. 66 new Ed.; hvat vill skelmir þinn! Fs. 52; þinn skelmir! 166; skelmir sá, Bjarn. 32.
- skelmir
- COMPDS: skelmisdrep, skelmisskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᛘᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Boll.
- Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)