Skorða
Old Norse Dictionary - skorðaMeaning of Old Norse word "skorða" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skorða
- u, f. a stay, prop, esp. under a ship or boat when ashore, Grág. ii. 39;, Edda 91; setja skorður undir skip. Fms. x. 98: metaph., reisa (setja) rammar skorður við, to put a stop to, take precautions against, Eb. 262, Nj. 88, Fms. vii. 28; vera (standa) í skorðum, to be well propped, all right.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)