Skír-leikr
Old Norse Dictionary - skír-leikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skír-leikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skír-leikr
- m. (-leiki, a, m.), purity; at slá slíkt silfr at skírleika sem várr vili verðr til, N. G. L. i. 446; sakir orða gnóttar eða skírleiks, MS. 15. 1: mostly in a moral sense, S. andarinnar, Stj. 34, 142, Mar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱ-ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)