Skrín
Old Norse Dictionary - skrín
Meaning of Old Norse word "skrín"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skrín can mean:skrín
- skrín
- n., skríni. Bs. i. 134 (paper MS), [Lat. scrinium], a shrine, of a saint, 124, 134, Ó. H. 235, 246, passim: poët., skyja skrín, byr-s., leiptra-s., the shrine of the clouds, wind, lightning, i. e. the heavens, Lex. poët.
- skrín
- COMPDS: skrínbrot, skríndúkr, skríngörð, skrínkista, skrínklæði, skrínlagning, skrínleggja, skrínsmiðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚱᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)