Skíð
Old Norse Dictionary - skíð
Meaning of Old Norse word "skíð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skíð can mean:skíð
- skíð
- n. [A. S. scide; Germ. scheite; the root verb is the Goth. skaidan; Germ. scheiden; Lat. scindere, pf. scīdi; Gr. σχίζειν]:—a billet of wood (a tablet, Vsp. 20), fire-wood; kljúfa skíð, Nj. 130, FaS. ii. 117; bátr hlaðinn skíðum, FmS. vii. 31; þurra skíða, Hm. 59; þeir báru skíðin á eldinn, Edda 82; konungr tók þá skíð eitt ok skelldi á þilit, FaS. iii. 125; skíða-fang, an armful of logs, FmS. v. 92.
- skíð
- COMPDS: skíðahlaði, skíðaviðr.
- skíð
- II. [cp. Engl. skid, the drag applied to a coach-wheel], of snow-shoes, such as are used by the Finns, Norsemen, and Icelanders in the north-east of Iceland (also called öndurr or andrar); ferr hón mjök á skíðum ok með boga, Edda 16, Ó. H. 185; allra manna bezt færr á skíðum, Eg. 73: stíga á skíð, Ó. H. 153, Eg. 545; kunna vel á skíðum, FmS. i. 9; skríða á skíðum, Orkn. (in a verse), FmS. vii. 120; renna á skíðum, Fb. iii. 405; for descriptions of running in skíð see Ó. H. ch. 78, 131, Hem. þ. (Fb. iii. 408–410): allit., á skipi eðr skíði, Grág. ii. 171: from the likeness of a war-ship (cp. skeið) to snow-shoes a ship is called skíð sækonunga eðr sævar, sævar-skíð. lagar-skíð, Edda; as also, blá-skíð, brim-skíð, býr-skíð, haf-skíð, sæ-skíð, unn-skið, varr-skíð, etc., i. e. a ship: again, fólk-skíð, her-skíð, etc., i. e. weapons, swords, Lex. Poët.
- skíð
- COMPDS: skíðaferð, skíðageisli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hem.
- Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)