Skokkr
Old Norse Dictionary - skokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skokkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skokkr
- m. a trunk, chest; skokkr var á gólfi, a carpenter’s chest, Rm. 15; þeir höfðu með sér skokka (skrokka Cod.) ok í dýra-merg, Þorf. 430, v. l.: a ship’s hulk, Fms. vi. 141, 252 (in a verse), Orkn. 104 (in a verse), Pd. 20, 38: mod. skrokkr = a trunk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Pd.
- Placidus-drápa. (A. III.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)