Skjal
Old Norse Dictionary - skjal
Meaning of Old Norse word "skjal"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skjal can mean:skjal
- skjal
- n. [= skval, dropping the v], windy, empty talk, gossip, Edda 110; s. ok hégómi, H. E. i. 475; hann kvaðsk eigi heyra skjal þeirra, Fms. v. 327; verða at skjali einu, Fas. iii. 181; skrum ok s., Skiða R. 7; alþýðu skjal, Hom. (St.)
- skjal
- B. [A different word; from skil, Dan. skjel, cp. spell and spjall], a written deed, document, adduced as proof in a lawsuit, D. n. i. 605, iv. 538. 550, freq. in mod. usage.
- skjal
- COMPDS: skjalasafn, skjalavörðR.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- R.
- Rimur.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)