Skína
Old Norse Dictionary - skína
Meaning of Old Norse word "skína"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skína can mean:skína
- skína
- pres. skínn, Nj. 146; þú skínn, 623. 18: mod. skín (with a single n); pres. skein, skeint (mod. skeinst), skein, pl. skinu; subj. skini; part. skininn: [Ulf. skeinan = λαμπειν, ἐξαστράπτειν; common to all Teut. languages]:—to shine; sól skínn, Grág. ii. 170; nú skínn sól í sali, Alm.; sól skein sunnan, Vsp. 4; veðr var fagrt, skein sól í heiði, Ó. H. 216; geislar skinu, Ór. 60; er sólin skínn á, Nj. 146; s. með mikilli birti, Fms. i. 77: tne phrase, skína í jarteinum, 623. 18; or, s. jarteinum, of a saint, Bs. passim; ok er hann skein í þvílíkri dýrð, Fms. x. 231; þeim er skein í heims prýði, 656 A. ii. 2; heilög Krisini hefir skinit með björtum blóma, Bs. i. 237; skínanda klæði, shining, glittering clothes, of gold-embroidered stuff, Dipl. iii. 4, v. 18, Vm. 52, 55.
- skína
- 2. to glimmer, gleam; skínu við tólf spjót ok skildir nokkurir, Eg. 742.
- skína
- II. part. skininn, bleached, withered; skininn hross-hauss, Fas. ii. 300; hvítr ok skininn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ór.
- Ólafs-ríma. (A. III)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)