Skauf-hali

Old Norse Dictionary - skauf-hali

Meaning of Old Norse word "skauf-hali" in English.

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

skauf-hali: a, m. ‘sheaf-tail,’ one of the names of Reynard the Fox in the tale, Fms. viii. 314, 319, Edda (Gl.) ii. 489: Skaufhala-bálkr, the name of an old unpublished Icel. poem, a popular Reynard the Fox of the 15th century, beginning thus,—Hefir í grenjum | gamall skaufali, | lengi búið | hjá lágfælu.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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