Skygn
Old Norse Dictionary - skygn
Meaning of Old Norse word "skygn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skygn can mean:skygn
- skygn
- adj. seeing; tvan skygn augu, Mar.; skygn báðum augum. Fms. vi. 235; hann hafði fengit sýn sína ok var þá skygn maðr, Ó. H. 224; heil-s., hale-sighted, i. e. with good sight; ú-skygn, dim-sighted.
- skygn
- 2. sharp-sighted; Einarr var einsýnn ok þó manna skygnstr, Orkn. 16, Ísl. ii. 83, Eg. 740 B; skygnastr, Ld. 278; frár ok skygn ok glögg-þekkinn, Finnb. 334; hón er svá skygn, at hón sér …, Best. 53; hvöss ok skygn hugsunar-augu, Skálda 160; skygnan ok greiniligan, Th. 12.
- skygn
- 3. in mod. popular tales skygn denotes second sight, the power of seeing goblins, elves, etc. through hills and stones, and whatever is hidden from the common eye (= ófreskr in the old writers), see Maurer’s Volks. and Ísl. Þjóðs.; baptismal water sprinkled in the eyes of an infant is said to prevent his becoming skygn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.