Skírsla
Old Norse Dictionary - skírsla
Meaning of Old Norse word "skírsla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skírsla
- u, f. a purification, ordeal, see skírsl, Fms. vii. 164, ix. 284, K. Þ. K. 168, Grág. i. 341, 361: in a heathen sense, of passing under a jarðarmen, Ld. 58: metaph., göra skírslu til e-s, to put to the test, Fms. xi. 95, Orkn. 356.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚱᛋᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)