Aur-skór

Old Norse Dictionary - aur-skór

Meaning of Old Norse word "aur-skór" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

aur-skór
m. (prop. ‘mud-shoe’), a horse shoe, an απ. λεγ. in the story Fms. iii. 210, each of the shoes weighing 1½ lb. The story is a pendant to that told of king Augustus of Poland and the blacksmith.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚱ-ᛋᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.
m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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