Skór

Old Norse Dictionary - skór

Meaning of Old Norse word "skór" in English.

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

skór Old Norse word can mean:

skór: m., gen. skós, dat. and acc. skó; older plur. skúar, gen. skúa, dat. skóm, acc. skúa; later plur. forms are, skór, skóa, skóm, skó, and so too in mod. usage: [Ulf. skohs = ὑπόδημα; A. S. sceô; Engl. shoe; O. H. G. scuob; Germ’ schuh; Dan.-Swed. sko]:—a shoe; skúa (skuo Ed.) á fótum, Gísl. 113; skúar (skuor), 115; loðnir kálfskinns skúar, Sturl. iii. 199; uppháfir skúar, FmS. vi. 440; uppháfir ok lágir skúar, Rétt. 112; nppháfa svarta skúa, Nj. 184; hann hafði uppháfa skó, bundna at legg, FmS. iv. 76; háfa skúa, Ó. H. 30, l. c.; hann lét skera húð til skóa (gen. pl.) föru-nautum Þorvalds, BS. i. 669; skylda ek skreyta ok skúa binda hersis kván hverjan morgin, Gkv. 1. 9; hann kippti skóm á fætr sér, Nj. 28; hann hafði leyst af sér skúa sína … hann batt skó sinn, Eg. 719; skúar, Hom. 85 (twice); gera skó (acc. sing.), stíga í skó, n. G. l. i. 31: referring to the ceremony of adoption, see hemingr.

skór: 2. a horse-shoe; skórnir, skóna, aur-skór, Fb. i. 524; þótt skúarnir hryti undan hestum þeirra, FmS. vii. 95; hest-skór, a horse-shoe. ☞ The proper shoeing of horses was probably unknown to the ancients even of the Saga time; they used to cover the hoof with a kind of low shoe, whence the name; this may be seen from the description in FmS. v. 181, vii. l. c.; as also from words as hóf-gullinn, golden hoof.

skór: 3. the tip of a sheath, as in dögg-skór, q. v.

skór: II. phrases, hafa slitið barns-skónum, to have worn out one’s bairn’s-shoes = to be past one’s youth; hann slítr ekki mörgum skónum, he will not wear out many shoes, of an old man on the verge of the grave, as in the story of the merman (marmennill, q. v.) and the ‘fey’ man with the bundle of shoes, Ísl. ÞjóðS. i. 132, compared with the Engl. romance of Merlin, p. 434.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

l. c.: loco citato.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

plur.: plural.

S.: Saga.

sing.: singular.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

s. v.: sub voce.

q. v.: quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Rétt.: Réttarbætr. (B. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Ísl. Þjóðs.: Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.

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