Skeiða

Old Norse Dictionary - skeiða

Meaning of Old Norse word "skeiða" in English.

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

skeiða Old Norse word can mean:

skeiða
að, [skeiðir], to sheath a sword, knife, Fas. i. 460.
skeiða
II. [skeið, n.], to gallop, passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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