Skí

Old Norse Dictionary - skí

Meaning of Old Norse word "skí" in English.

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

skí: n. jugglery, legerdemain; undr ok argskap. skí ok skrípi ein, Gsp. (Fas. i. 487): hence the compd, skí-maðr or ske-maðr, m., prop. a juggler, impostor, by which word the ancients rendered the ‘hypocrite’ of the n. T.; eigi skulu þér hryggvir vera sem skímenn, … þeir hryggjask svá sem skímenn, Hom. 74; ér skímenn, hverr yðvarr leysir oxa sinn af bási á þváttdegi? Greg. 48 (Luke xiii. 15): in secular writings, enn Eirekr faðir hans sagði svá, at þat var samskulda er Leifr hafði borgit skipshöfn manna í hafi, ok þat er hann hafði flutt skæmanninn til Grænlands, þat var prestrinn, Frissb. 157, cp. Fms. ii. 246 (Hkr. i. 304 l. c. spells skemann).

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.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Gsp.: Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

N. T.: New Testament.

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