Skilningr
Old Norse Dictionary - skilningr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skilningr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skilningr
- m. = skilning, sense, meaning, understanding; þann skilning, Stj. 2; skilningi, id.; andaligr s., 25, 50; var í bréfinu sá s., Bs. i. 803, 838; þessi o:ð bera þann skilning, ii. 42; þat er minn s. at sú skipan á at standa, i. 827; tvenna skilninga, Skálda 207, and so in mod. usage: skilnings-góðr, clever; skilnings-laus, -lítill, adj. senseless, of small understanding,
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚾᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)