Skír-skota

Old Norse Dictionary - skír-skota

Meaning of Old Norse word "skír-skota" in English.

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

skír-skota: að, to appeal, a law term, with dat.; the word is prob. derived from the appeal to ordeal; S. e-u undir e-n, to appeal to; S. þessum órskurði undir þá menn alla, … ok skírskotaði til þeirra laga er gengu á Uppsala-þingi, Ó. H. 86; því S. ek undir þik, Arinbjörn, ok þik, Þórðr, … at …, Eg. 352; S. skal hann undir vátta svörum þeirra, N. G. L. i. 348; konungr skírskotaði þá fyrir þeim er hjá vóru, at Símon gékk við, called them to witness, upon that S. confessed, FmS. ix. 358; þá er hann réttlauss ok hefir hann því skírskotað, N. G. L. i. 74.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

L.: Linnæus.

prob.: probably.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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