Skjótr
Old Norse Dictionary - skjótr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skjótr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skjótr
- m. [Swed. skjuts = a post-horse; Ivar Aasen skjot]:—a vehicle, esp. a horse; hann segir honum at búinn var skjótrinn, Fms. iv. 35: in Sweden and Norway the word specially means the conveyance (skyds) of a public person or message as by law required, en sá sem fellir þenna skjót, K. Á. 22; ok sérliga um skjót sem ér erut mínum herra biskupinum skyldugir at lögum, N. G. L. ii. 336; farar-s., reið-s., q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᚢᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)