Skár
Old Norse Dictionary - skárMeaning of Old Norse word "skár" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skár
- adj. [ská, skátt; cp. Ulf. us-skaws, 1 ThesS. v. 8, and us-skawjan = ἀνανήφειν; whence A. S. sceawjan; Germ. schauen]:—open; only used in the compds opin-skár, made public; her-skár, open to inroads, of a country, see herr (p. 259).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.