Skola

Old Norse Dictionary - skola

Meaning of Old Norse word "skola"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skola
að, to wash; skola handklæði, H. E. i. 489; S. í vatni, MS. 544. 39; sjór skolar kjöl, Edda (in a verse): impers., skolar til hafs öllu ór skipinu, it was all washed away, Sturl. i. 120; alda skolar kjöl, Edda ii. 492 (in a verse).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
l.
line.
pers.
person.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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