Skip-viðr

Old Norse Dictionary - skip-viðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skip-viðr" in English.

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

skip-viðr
m. a ship’s timbers; nú bera menn skipviðu eða draga langviðu, N. G. L. i. 65: of a wreck, Grág. ii. 387; sumir fylgðu skipviðum ok komu allir lifandi til lands, 656 C. 22.

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

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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