Skel-eggr
Old Norse Dictionary - skel-eggrMeaning of Old Norse word "skel-eggr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skel-eggr
- adj., cp. mod. skel-þunnr; the form skeligr (skjalligr) in some Editions and paper transcripts is merely a false reading, for the vellums, even such later ones as the Fb., spell ‘-eggr;’ the derivation in Lex. Poët. s. v. is therefore erroneous:—shell-edged, thin-edged, keen, hence metaph. dauntless; ef þú hefir viljann skeleggjan, Al. 4; skeleggjum hugum (Cod. scelegiom), 677. 5; oss er úsigrinn víss, nema vér sém skeleggir sjálfir ráða-menninir, Ó. H. 214; snarpir ok skeleggir, id., as also Fb. ii. 350, l. c.; vóru formenn skeleggir (skeligir Ed.) um allt, Sturl. iii. 217; þeir vóru allir skeleg(g)ir í því at skilja eigi við hann, i. 41; þeir svara fá um, ok vóru í engu skeleggir (skéligir Ed., skjalligir C.), iii. 315; ef menn eru skeleggir til móts, Fb. i. 140; jafn-skeleggr til orrostu, Al. 183; skulu vér nú ok skeleggir á vera héðan í frá, Fb. ii. 552.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚ-ᛁᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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