Skilningar-vit
Old Norse Dictionary - skilningar-vit
Meaning of Old Norse word "skilningar-vit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skilningar-vit
- n. pl. mother-wit, sense, instinct, Stj. 98, 101: the (five) senses, 20, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚾᛁᚾᚴᛅᚱ-ᚢᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)