Reiði-skjálf

Old Norse Dictionary - reiði-skjálf

Meaning of Old Norse word "reiði-skjálf" in English.

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

reiði-skjálf
n. prop. a ‘rocking-shelf,’ rocking-chair (?), (Dan. gynge); only used in the phrase, vera á reiðiskjálfi, to be quaking and shaking.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
n.
neuter.
prop.
proper, properly.

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