Hel-skór

Old Norse Dictionary - hel-skór

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

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

hel-skór
m. pl. ‘Hel-shoes,’ put on the dead to enable them to walk to Hel; for this heathen burial rite see Gísl. 24 (107).

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
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