Skíra
Old Norse Dictionary - skíraMeaning 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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