Skyli
Old Norse Dictionary - skyli
Meaning of Old Norse word "skyli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skyli
- a, m., gen. Skylja, poët. a ‘protector,’ king, Edda, Lex. poët.: a pr. name, usually Skúli, Fms., and freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.