Skin

Old Norse Dictionary - skin

Meaning of Old Norse word "skin"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word skin can mean:skin

skin: n. [skína; in provinc. Germ. the moon is called schein, Grimm’s Dict.], sheen, shining, of the sun, moon, stars; skin sólar ok tungls, 623. 21; hann ræðr fyrir regni ok skini sólar, Edda 16; einn dag var skin heitt, Fms. i. 118, vi. 411; þann dag var fagrt veðr af skini, x. 344; höfðu þeir skorpnat í skininu, Háv. 47, passim: sól-skin, sunshine; tungl-skin, moonshine; a poët. name of the moon, Alm.

skin: 2. show = Germ. schein; yfir-skin, mod.

skin: COMPDS: Skinfaxi, skinhringr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

provinc.: provincial.

v.: vide.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

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