Sköll
Old Norse Dictionary - sköllMeaning of Old Norse word "sköll" (or skǫll) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
sköll Old Norse word can mean:
- sköll (skǫll)
- 1. f. and n. pl., Sturl. l. c. [cp. skval, skjall], mockery, loud laughter; þeir görðu at þessu mikla sköll (fem, sing.) ok hlátr, Eb. 60; but sköll þau (neut. plur.), Sturl. ii. 46.
- sköll (skǫll)
- 2. m. a name of the mock sun, supposed to run like a wolf behind the sun, Gm. 39; akin to skolli, skollkini, q. v.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sköll may be more accurately written as skǫll.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
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