Sker
Old Norse Dictionary - sker
Meaning of Old Norse word "sker"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sker
- n., gen. pl. skerja, dat. skerjum; [Dan. skjœr; Swed. skär; Engl. skerry]:—a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; í hólma eðr í sker, Grág. ii. 131; upp á skerit, Fær. 171; til þess er þraut sker öll, Eg. 128, Eb. 12, 236–240, passim; as also in local names, Skerja-fjörðr: for the saying, sigla milli skers ok báru, see sigla; eyði-sker, a desert skerry; blind-sker, a sunken skerry: also in the phrase, að flaska á því skerinu, to split on that rock. skerja-blesi, a nickname, Dropl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)