Skikkja

Old Norse Dictionary - skikkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "skikkja" in English.

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

skikkja Old Norse word can mean:

skikkja: u, f. a cloak, mantle, Am. 47, Nj. 22, Eg. 213, 318, 579, Fms. ii. 280; skikkja and möttull (q. v.) are synonymous, thus, hann gaf honum ‘skikkju,’… hann sá altaris-klæði þat er gört var ór ‘möttlinum’ (both referring to the same garment), Fms. vi. 164; skikkjur þær er feldir heita, Krók.; skikkju verð, Fms. x. 199; skikkju kaup, id.

skikkja: COMPDS: skikkjubönd, skikkjulauss, skikkjurakki, skikkjuskaut.

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

Similar entries:

Skikkja (I)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

m.: masculine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Krók.: Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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