Skemma

Old Norse Dictionary - skemma

Meaning of Old Norse word "skemma" in English.

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

skemma Old Norse word can mean:

skemma
u, f. [prop. from skamr = short], a small detached building in an ancient dwelling, for sleeping in or for a lady’s bower; hann átti eina litla skemmu ok svaf hann þar jafnan, Fær. 259; þau vóru öll í svefni í skemmu einni, Gísl. 7. Ísl. ii. 38; sá hann Steingerði sitja í skemmu einni, Korm. 228; skemmu-búr, a bower, Eg. 560; skemmu-dyrr, -gluggr, -hurð, -veggr, Fms. ii. 125, iii. 67, iv. 335, Fær. 144, Fas. i. 197; skemmu-seta, sitting in a skemma, of ladies, iii. 68, Fms. ii. 90.
skemma
2. in mod. usage, a store-house used for keeping things in, an out-house; í skemmu þrettán dýnur ok tuttugu, átján skinn-beðir, hálfr fjórði tugr hæginda, Dipl. iii. 4. skemmu-mær, f. a chamber-maid, Fas. i. 193.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.
v.
vide.
mod.
modern.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
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