Skot-bakki

Old Norse Dictionary - skot-bakki

Meaning of Old Norse word "skot-bakki" in English.

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

skot-bakki
a, m. a ‘shooting-bank,’ the butts against which the target was set up; fara í skotbakka, Fær. 46; vera á sundi eðr í skotbökkum, Fas. ii. 505; Oddr fylgdi þeim þar til er þeir Ásmundr höfðu átt skotbakka, 558.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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