Skjómi
Old Norse Dictionary - skjómi
Meaning of Old Norse word "skjómi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skjómi can mean:skjómi
- skjómi
- a, m. [Ivar Aasen skjoma = to flicker], a flickering light.
- skjómi
- 2. metaph., skjómi daltangar, the ‘ray of the hand,’ i. e. a drawn sword, Landn. (in a verse): a sword, Lex. Poët.: a nickname, Fb. iii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚢᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.