Skot

Old Norse Dictionary - skot

Meaning of Old Norse word "skot" in English.

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

skot Old Norse word can mean:

skot: n. [from skjóta; A. S. scot; Engl. shot and scot; Germ. schoss; Dan. skud]:—a shot, a shooting; skjóta langt skot af handboga, Landn. 288; þóttisk hann eigi hafa skotið betra skot, FmS. vii. 211; hann féll við skotið, Nj. 247, and passim; hand-skot, boga-skot, and byssu-skot, (mod.): plur. shooting, sund ok skot, Fb. i. 368; skotum ok spjóta-lögum, Ó. H. 183.

skot: 2. the thing shot, a missile = skeyti; hval ef eigi er skot í … ef skot eru fleiri í hval enn eitt … leita skots, … at hann átti þat skot, … ef fleiri menn kalla til skots en einn, Grág. ii. 367–371; smíða sér skot, Þiðr. 87.

skot: II. metaph. usage, a scot or shot, [in the phrases to pay one’s scot, scot and lot, scot-free], contribution; halda sínu skoti upp, Grág. i. 239; sam-skot, scot and lot, portion; hálfs bolla skot, Gþl. 80; plóga-skot, Ólafs-skot, Hallvarðar-skot, a kind of tax in Norway, n. G. l. ii. 336, cp. i. 459.

skot: 2. as a law term, an appeal; mega skoti orka, n. G. l. i. 88; fullt skot, a lawful appeal, 21; er til hans miklu minna skot en margir láta yfir, there is less appeal to or worth in him than folks say, i. e. he will not do much, Ó. H. 57; ráða-skot.

skot: 3. cheating, fraud; arf-skot, q. v.; kné-skot, ‘knee-service,’ humiliation.

skot: III. a narrow dark passage, running (inside or outside?) along the wall of the ancient halls; separated by a partition wall from the seats (set); skot er um var elda-húsit, en dyrr vóru fram ór skotinu at setum innan-verðum, Egill gékk fram í setið, Eg. 397; nú finnr Steingerðr at hón er sén, hón snýr í skotið, ok sér undir skegg Hárbarði, Korm. 12; hann skyldi leyna þeim mönnum í skotinu hjá sér … nú hleypr ofan þilit ok menninir fram (viz. into the part where the seats were), Rd. 313; skálinn var algörr ok skot umhverfis, FmS. i. 290; skot vóru um húsit ok lokhvílur, ok ór einni lokhvílu mátti hlaupa í skotið, FS. 72; cp. the passage, elda-húsit var svá lagat … ok vóru þat laundyrr, Ísl. ii. 294, 295, where the lost original prob. used the word skot:—of a church, skotið kirkjunnar, FmS. ix. 492; Guðmundr var í skotinu, þviat hann átti eigi kirkju-gengt, Sturl. ii. 42 (kirkju-skot): of a temple, hann setti allt grindum eðr skotum, Stj. 562, 1 Kings vi. 5; for-skot = a vestibule, id.

skot: 2. in mod. usage a dark nook, corner, skúma-skot.

skot: B. COMPDS: skotáss, skotbakki, skotblað, skotbógr, skotbroddr, skoteldr, skoteygr, skotfé, skotfimi, skotfimr, skotfæri, skotfærr, skothenda, skothlutr, skothríð, skothvalr, skothyrna, skotmaðr, skotmál, skotpenningr, skotsilfr, skotspánn, skotteinn, skotvagn, skotvápn, skotvöndr, skotögn.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

plur.: plural.

S.: Saga.

cp.: compare.

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

i. e.: id est.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

prob.: probably.

viz.: namely.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

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

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

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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

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