Skorða

Old Norse Dictionary - skorða

Meaning of Old Norse word "skorða"

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

skorða
u, f. a stay, prop, esp. under a ship or boat when ashore, Grág. ii. 39;, Edda 91; setja skorður undir skip. Fms. x. 98: metaph., reisa (setja) rammar skorður við, to put a stop to, take precautions against, Eb. 262, Nj. 88, Fms. vii. 28; vera (standa) í skorðum, to be well propped, all right.

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

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Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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