Skálma

Old Norse Dictionary - skálma

Meaning of Old Norse word "skálma" in English.

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

skálma
að, to stride with long paces, Hallfred (Fs. 106, where reflex.): freq. in mod. usage, hann gékk burt og skálmaði stórum, Od. xi. 539.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
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