Geit-skinn

Old Norse Dictionary - geit-skinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "geit-skinn" in English.

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

geit-skinn
n. a goat-skin, Stj. 470: goat-skins were used by sorcerers, Nj. 20; hence the phrase, vefja geitskinni at höfði e-m, to hoodwink one.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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