Skikkja
Old Norse Dictionary - skikkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "skikkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skikkja can mean:skikkja
- skikkja
- u, f. a cloak, mantle, Am. 47, Nj. 22, Eg. 213, 318, 579, Fms. ii. 280; skikkja and möttull (q. v.) are synonymous, thus, hann gaf honum ‘skikkju,’… hann sá altaris-klæði þat er gört var ór ‘möttlinum’ (both referring to the same garment), Fms. vi. 164; skikkjur þær er feldir heita, Krók.; skikkju verð, Fms. x. 199; skikkju kaup, id.
- skikkja
- COMPDS: skikkjubönd, skikkjulauss, skikkjurakki, skikkjuskaut.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)