Skúmr
Old Norse Dictionary - skúmr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skúmr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skúmr can mean:skúmr
- skúmr
- m. the skua or brown gull, larus catarractes, also called skúfr: metaph. a chatterer, gossip.
- skúmr
- 2. a pr. name, Landn.: skúma, u, f. a nickname, Fms. xi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)