Skjarr
Old Norse Dictionary - skjarr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skjarr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skjarr can mean:skjarr
- skjarr
- adj. [Engl. shy; Germ. scheu], shy, timid, of animals, deer; skjarra sauði, Nj. 27, Bs. i. 330; skjörr hross, Hrafn. 7: skjarrt hross, Gþl. 504; sauðfé þat er skjarrast var, Ld. 96.
- skjarr
- 2. metaph., skjarr við e-t, shunning; skjarr við skot, Ls. 13; gör þér sem leiðust öll manndráp ok ver skjarr við, Sks. 382; skjörr á skeið(i), shy, faltering in the race, but the passage is obscure or corrupt, Fm. 5; dag-s., shunning the day, of a dwarf, Ýt. 2; flug-s., flót-s., shunning flight; bleyði-s., bold; læ-skjarr, fraud-shunning, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)