Skjalda
Old Norse Dictionary - skjalda
Meaning of Old Norse word "skjalda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skjalda can mean:skjalda
- skjalda
- 1. að, to enclose in a fence of shields, Fms. x. 78; skip skjaldat með stöfnum, viii. 233; al-skjaldaðr, of a ship, Landn. 156 (see skjöldr): skjaldaðr, shielded, of a person, Fær. 81, Bb. i. 204, Karl. 377.
- skjalda
- 2. u, f. a particoloured cow, Ísl. Þjóðs.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛅᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.