Skyn-samligr
Old Norse Dictionary - skyn-samligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skyn-samligr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skyn-samligr can mean:skyn-samligr
- skyn-samligr
- adj. rational; s. kvikendi, Skálda 104; s. skepna, Barl. 100, Greg. 33.
- skyn-samligr
- 2. wise, sagacious, discreet, 656 B. 6; af skynsamligu viti, Skálda 160; skynsamligt orða-lag, Fms. ii. 18; skynsamlig frásögn, x. 374; þat er eigi skynsamligt, H. E. i. 421.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚾ-ᛋᛅᛘᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)