Skytja
Old Norse Dictionary - skytja
Meaning of Old Norse word "skytja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skytja can mean:skytja
- skytja
- u, f. = skyti, mod. skytta, [Dan. skytte], a marksman, shooter; ú-skytja = ú-skyti, Fas. ii. 358, Hkr. iii. 388 (Cod. Fris. l. c.)
- skytja
- 2. [skot], a little nook, D. n. vi. 84.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛏᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fris.
- Frisian.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)