Hökul-skúaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hökul-skúaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hökul-skúaðr" (or hǫkul-skúaðr) in English.

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

hökul-skúaðr (hǫkul-skúaðr): part., prob. wearing a kilt and brogues like a Highlander, FmS. ix. 512; this word is also, in the various MSS. to l. c., spelt with or without the h, see Fb. iii. 151 (ökulskoðr).

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

part.: participle.

prob.: probably.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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