Meskinn

Old Norse Dictionary - meskinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "meskinn" in English.

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

meskinn
adj. [meskjen = merry, Ivar Aasen], sporting, see ú-meskinn, Ld. 148.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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