Skíra

Old Norse Dictionary - skíra

Meaning of Old Norse word "skíra" in English.

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

skíra Old Norse word can mean:

skíra
ð; a distinction is made between skíra (with í) = to purify, and skýra (with y) metaph. = to explain; but that both words are identical is shewn from the Goth.: [Ulf. skeirjan = ἑρμηνεύειν, skeireins = ἑρμηνεία, skeirs = clear]:—to cleanse, purify; S. silfr, Hkr. i. 185; þat skírir ok birtir augu, … þat bætir myrk augu ok skírir, Pr. 472, 473; skíra sik, to cleanse oneself.
skíra
2. of an oath or ordeal, to clear, purge; skíra sik með tylptar-eiði, Gþl. 151; ok skíri hón sik, ok handsala faðerni ef hón verðr skír, Lv. 77; er þó ván at þú skírir þik í hreinsunar-eldi, FmS. vii. 38.
skíra
II. eccl. [as translation of A. S. fullian = to cleanse], to baptize, christen; skíra barn, K. Þ. K., N. G. l., FmS., Nj., BS., in countless instances, old and mod.
skíra
2. reflex. skírask, to be baptized; láta skírask, Jb. 10, FmS. i. 23, 129.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Goth.
Gothic.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
l.
line.
v.
vide.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
L.
Linnæus.
mod.
modern.
S.
Saga.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
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