Skilfingr
Old Norse Dictionary - skilfingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skilfingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skilfingr
- m. [either from skelfa = the shaker, or, it may be, akin to Germ. schilf = a reed]:—the name of a mythical royal familv, a prince, lord, Edda, Lex. Poët.; dauða skilfingr, the prince of Death, Niðrst. 6.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚠᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)