Skerðingr
Old Norse Dictionary - skerðingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skerðingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skerðingr
- m. a shark (há-skerðingr), as a nickname; whence Skerðings-staðir, in western Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱᚦᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.