Skyr-bjúgr
Old Norse Dictionary - skyr-bjúgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skyr-bjúgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skyr-bjúgr
- m. [the etym. perh. from A. S. sceorfa, Engl. scurf, and bjúgr (q. v.), which word Icel. use of any tumor which sinks when touched, e. g. vind-bjúgr, vatns-bjúgr, skyr-bjúgr. In Dutch skyrbjúgr is called scheur-buyk, in Engl. scurvy, scorbutic, and in both the word may well be of northern origin]:—scurvy; tekr hann skyrbjúg í hafi, Þorst. Síðu H. 38; hann fékk mikinn skyrbjúg í munninn, BS. i. 781 (also at sea); þrútnuðu upp á honum fætrnir, en skyrbjúgr hljóp í búkinn, 820.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱ-ᛒᛁᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Engl.
- English.
- etym.
- etymology.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Þorst. Síðu H.
- Þorsteins Saga Síðu-Hallssonar. (D. II.)