Skúta
Old Norse Dictionary - skúta
Meaning of Old Norse word "skúta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skúta can mean:skúta
- skúta
- 1. pres. skútir, pret. skútti, to jut out, so as to form a shade or cave, of rocks or the like; fjallit sýnisk skúta yfir fram sjóinn, Fms. x. 313; bjargit skútti yfir fram, vii. 81; þeir (the glaciers) skúttu fram yfir dalinn, Grett. 141 new Ed.; þær (the trees) skúttu svá langt, at lauf þeirra ok limar lágu á jörðu, Konr.
- skúta
- 2. u, f. (skúti, a, m., Fms. l. c.), a taunt; eigi ætla ek þér nú allgóðan þykkja beinann fyrir skútu þessa, Glúm. 354; drepa e-m skúta, to taunt one with; áferli þat sem konungr drap oss skúta um, Fms. iv. 310 (in Ó. H. 140, l. c., the passage is omitted). skút-yrði, n. pl. taunts, reproaches.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)