Skemma
Old Norse Dictionary - skemma
Meaning of Old Norse word "skemma"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skemma can mean:skemma
- skemma
- u, f. [prop. from skamr = short], a small detached building in an ancient dwelling, for sleeping in or for a lady’s bower; hann átti eina litla skemmu ok svaf hann þar jafnan, Fær. 259; þau vóru öll í svefni í skemmu einni, Gísl. 7. Ísl. ii. 38; sá hann Steingerði sitja í skemmu einni, Korm. 228; skemmu-búr, a bower, Eg. 560; skemmu-dyrr, -gluggr, -hurð, -veggr, Fms. ii. 125, iii. 67, iv. 335, Fær. 144, Fas. i. 197; skemmu-seta, sitting in a skemma, of ladies, iii. 68, Fms. ii. 90.
- skemma
- 2. in mod. usage, a store-house used for keeping things in, an out-house; í skemmu þrettán dýnur ok tuttugu, átján skinn-beðir, hálfr fjórði tugr hæginda, Dipl. iii. 4. skemmu-mær, f. a chamber-maid, Fas. i. 193.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛘᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)