Reiði-skjálf
Old Norse Dictionary - reiði-skjálfMeaning 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.