Skaða

Old Norse Dictionary - skaða

Meaning of Old Norse word "skaða" in English.

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

skaða Old Norse word can mean:

skaða: 1. að, [see skeðja; Engl. scathe; O. H. G. skadon; Germ. schaden; Dan. skade]:—to scathe, hurt, in old writers impers. to take hurt, be scathed; ekki skal þik í skaða, Ld. 212; þig skaðar ekki, frændi, ef ek einn mæli þetta, Fb. ii. 194; má ok vera at skikkjuna skaði ekki, Fms, ii. 279; bætti hann þat, svá at ekki skaðaði, vii. 158.

skaða: 2. u, f. a bird, Dan. skade, Edda (gl.)

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

impers.: impersonal.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pers.: person.

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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