Smeykinn
Old Norse Dictionary - smeykinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "smeykinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word smeykinn can mean:smeykinn
- smeykinn
- adj. [smeygja, smjúga, cp. Germ. smeicheln], prop. ‘insinuating,’ cringing, sleek; Snorri bauð þá sínum herra smeykinn heim í holtið Reykja, Gd. 22.
- smeykinn
- 2. in mod. usage smeykr, timid.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᛁᚢᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- mod.
- modern.