Skirfl
Old Norse Dictionary - skirfl
Meaning of Old Norse word "skirfl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skirfl
- n., mod. skrifli, [Germ. scherbe], a hulk, an old dilapidated thing; skjaldar-s., Band.; skip-skrifli, bát-s., freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱᚠᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)