Skír-teini

Old Norse Dictionary - skír-teini

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

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

skír-teini: n. [cp. jartein], a proof, evidence (documentary or personal), freq. in mod. usage: skír-teinn, m. the name of a charmed sword, which shewed the guilt or innocence of one who touched it, Hem.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hem.: Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)

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