Skeggi

Old Norse Dictionary - skeggi

Meaning of Old Norse word "skeggi" in English.

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

skeggi: a, m., pl. skeggjar, in the compds, eyjar-skeggjar, ‘island-shaggies,’ i. e. islanders, freq. in the Sagas, prob. originally a sort of soubriquet, owing to the notion that islanders were more rough and wild in their habits than other men; the word is particularly used of the Faroe islanders, Fær., Ó. H.: cp. Götu-skeggjar, the name of a family from Gata in Faroe; Mostrar-skeggr, the nickname of Thorolf of Moster, an island in Norway, Eb., Landn.; cp. hraun-skeggi, the man of the wilderness, Fs.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

prob.: probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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