Skýja
Old Norse Dictionary - skýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "skýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skýja can mean:skýja
- skýja
- 1. að, to cloud; skýja ok skyggva fyrir ljósit, Sks. 208; ek hefir himininn skýja látið, Stj. 62; skýjat ok ú-skygnað, 142: vel hefir þú einurð haldit hér til, en nú skýjar á heldr, but now it clouds over, Glúm. 367: part. clouded, Sks. 226; skýjað veðr, Ó. H. 108: shaded, of a helmet, Sks. 42.
- skýja
- 2. u, f. cloudiness; ef þú ferr enga skýju fyrir honum, Konr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)