Skíði
Old Norse Dictionary - skíði
Meaning of Old Norse word "skíði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skíði can mean:skíði
- skíði
- 1. a, m. a kind of bird, Edda (Gl.)
- skíði
- II. a pr. name, Landn. Skíða-Ríma, the Lay of Skiði: Skíðungar, a nickname, Sturl.: in plur. the name of an old family, the descendants of S, Korm.
- skíði
- 2. n. [A. S. scǽð, sceað; Engl. sheath; Germ. scheide; Dan. skede], a sheath, Hðm. 16. skíði-járn, n. a ‘sheath-iron,’ dirk, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)