Ské

Old Norse Dictionary - ské

Meaning of Old Norse word "ské" in English.

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

ské
ð, [from Germ. ge-scheben; Dan. skee], to happen; it appears first in the 15th century, í Licia skeði litlu síðarr, Nikdr. 51; þar af hefir opt mikil óhæfa skét, H. E. ii. 168 (seems to be due to a transcript, as are also passages such as Ísl. ii. 66, v. l. 4); after the Reformation the word became freq. in the n. T., Pass., Vídal., cp. also Safn i. 31, 32; in má-ské, kann-ské, may be!

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Safn
Safn til Sögu Islands.
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
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