Skúfr
Old Norse Dictionary - skúfr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skúfr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skúfr can mean:skúfr
- skúfr
- m. a tassel, Eb. 216; dúk með fjórum skúfum, Post. 16.
- skúfr
- 2. the hip-tendon.
- skúfr
- II. a sea-bird = skúmr (q. v.), Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët., Eggert Itin.
- skúfr
- 2. a pr. name, Fbr.: a local name, Skúf-ey, Fær.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)