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.

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