Skati
Old Norse Dictionary - skatiMeaning of Old Norse word "skati" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skati
- a, m., pl. skatnar, poët.; [cp. Swed. skata = the top of a tree, a spar, and skat-vegr or skötu-vegr, skat-viða]:—a towering, lordly man, but only used in poetry, Edda (gl.); skapleik skata, Höfuðl.; skati enn ungi, Hdl. 9; skatna margra, 21; er at skamt milli skata húsa, a saying, great men are not found at every door, Ad. 21; enginn veifiskati, no open-handed men, Ölk. 34; gull-skati, Edda (in a verse); þjóðskati, a great, lordly man, Höfuðl.: plur. men, skatna vinr, the friend of men, Yngl. S. (in a verse); skatna dróttinn, Skv. 1. 5; skatna mengi, Akv. 31, Skv. 3. 54; as a nickname, FmS. xi. 351.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
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