Skálm
Old Norse Dictionary - skálmMeaning of Old Norse word "skálm" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
skálm Old Norse word can mean:
- skálm
- f. a short sword, Hom. 14, Gkv. 2. 19, Fas. ii. 229, Ld. 214, Hkr. iii. 150, Fb. i. 259, ii. 138, Fas. i. 56 sqq., Fms. vi. 402, Grett. 140, Band, (in a verse); ryð-skálm.
- skálm
- II. one part of a cloven thing; hann tók upp birki-rapt mikinn, ok reiddi um öxl svá at hann hélt um skálmirnar, … raptrinn gékk í sundr í skálmunum, Eb. 324; skálma-tré, a cleft tree, pr. 421; buxna-skálm, one leg of a pair of breeches.
- skálm
- III. [cp. skálpr; old Swed. skafl], a bean-pod; bauna-skálmir, Barl. 46.
- skálm
- IV. a pr. name of a mare, Landn.
- skálm
- V. the word occurs in the local names, Skálmar-dalr, -fjörðr, -nes, Landn.; but may not such names be derived from the cloven shape of the firths or the fells?
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
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