Skemill

Old Norse Dictionary - skemill

Meaning of Old Norse word "skemill"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skemill
m. [Engl. shambles; Scot. skamyll, a bench; Dan. skammel = a foot-stool]:—prop. a bench, whence a foot-stool; see fót-skemill.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛘᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
prop.
proper, properly.
Scot.
Scottish.

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