Skjótr

Old Norse Dictionary - skjótr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skjótr" in English.

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

skjótr
m. [Swed. skjuts = a post-horse; Ivar Aasen skjot]:—a vehicle, esp. a horse; hann segir honum at búinn var skjótrinn, Fms. iv. 35: in Sweden and Norway the word specially means the conveyance (skyds) of a public person or message as by law required, en sá sem fellir þenna skjót, K. Á. 22; ok sérliga um skjót sem ér erut mínum herra biskupinum skyldugir at lögum, N. G. L. ii. 336; farar-s., reið-s., q. v.

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

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Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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