Skírsl
Old Norse Dictionary - skírsl
Meaning of Old Norse word "skírsl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skírsl can mean:skírsl
- skírsl
- f., prop. purification, an ordeal; for the ordeal see the remarks s. v. bera A. 111, jörð A. in fine, ketill 1. 2; as also the words járn-burðr, ketil-tak, jarðar-men; göra skírslir, Fms. x. 418; Guðs skírslir, ‘God’s ordeal,’ is opp. to manna skírsl, man’s ordeal (i. e. an oath), N. G. l. i. 389; göra e-m stefnu til þings, ok njóti þar skírsla sinna, Js. 38; hann skal eigi eiga hverft til manna skírsla ef hann býðr fyrri Guðs skírslir, i. e. if a man first offers God’s ordeal he shall have no right afterwards to man’s ordeal, the oath, N. G. l. l. c.
- skírsl
- COMPDS: skírslareldr, skírslaþing.
- skírsl
- II. a christening = skírn, q. v.; um Guðsifjar ok skírsl (skísl Ed.), N. G. l. i. 339; skírsla-stefna, the fixing a time for christening, 340.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- opp.
- opposed.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)