Frið-skjöldr

Old Norse Dictionary - frið-skjöldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "frið-skjöldr" (or frið-skjǫldr) in English.

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

frið-skjöldr (frið-skjǫldr): m. a ‘peace-shield,’ a shield being used as a sign of truce, answering to the mod. flag of truce; in the phrase, bregða upp friðskildi, Fas. ii. 534, Orkn. 432, Hkr. iii. 205: the truce-shield was white and opp. to the red ‘war-shield,’ Hkv. 1. 33.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frið-skjöldr may be more accurately written as frið-skjǫldr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

opp.: opposed.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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