Skurð-goð
Old Norse Dictionary - skurð-goð
Meaning of Old Norse word "skurð-goð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skurð-goð
- skurð-guð, n., spelt skurgoð and sounded skúrgoð, a carven image. FmS. x. 255, 318, Stj. 102, 181, PasS. 26. 5; heiðin skurðgoð, FmS. i. 97; hof yðvart ok skurðgoð, 623. 24; skurðguðir, MS. 4. 31; skurgoð, 623. 24, 45, Rb. 400; skurgoð, skurgoðinu, skurgoðs, Stj. 311, 312, Barl. 124; skurðgoða blót, idolatry, Stj. 26. 404, FaS. iii. 672; skurðgoða dýrkan (mod. skúrgoða-dýrkan), idolatry; skurðgoða-villa, id., Nj. 164, FmS. i. 282, Edda (pref.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱᚦ-ᚴᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)