Skot-bakki
Old Norse Dictionary - skot-bakki
Meaning of Old Norse word "skot-bakki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skot-bakki
- a, m. a ‘shooting-bank,’ the butts against which the target was set up; fara í skotbakka, Fær. 46; vera á sundi eðr í skotbökkum, Fas. ii. 505; Oddr fylgdi þeim þar til er þeir Ásmundr höfðu átt skotbakka, 558.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛏ-ᛒᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)