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.
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