Skír-dagr
Old Norse Dictionary - skír-dagr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skír-dagr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skír-dagr
- m. Maundy-Thursday, Bs. i. 168, 247, ii. 167, Ld. 324, Rb. 358, Fms. ix. 500, Sturl. i. 25, 114, iii. 203: Skíri-dagr, id., Gþl. 177: Skíri-Jón, John the Baptist, Gd. Skíri-Þórsdagr, id., N. G. l. i. 10, Gþl. 177, Fms. ix. 500, Karl. 469.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱ-ᛏᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)