Skuggi

Old Norse Dictionary - skuggi

Meaning of Old Norse word "skuggi" in English.

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

skuggi Old Norse word can mean:

skuggi: a, m. [Ulf skuggwa = ἔσοπτρον, 1 Cor. xiii. 12; Dan. skygge; Swed. skugga]:—a shade, shadow, Sks. 41, 219; manns s., Ld. 252; bar skuggann á sæinn af fjöllunum, Fms. viii. 188; s. jarðarinnar, Rb. 108; hundrinn hleypr á brúna ok sér skugga sinn í vatninu, Hem.; bar hvergi skugga á, it was all light, without a spot of shadow anywhere, Nj. 118; þá bar skugga í dyrrin, Fb. i. 545; undan skugga hattarins, from the hat’s shade, Fms. vi. 60.

skuggi: 2. a shadow, spectre, leiðiligan skugga, Mart. 115, Post. 645. 69, Bs. i. 256, Mar.

skuggi: 3. in the phrase, ganga ór skugga um e-t, ‘to go out of the shade’ as to a thing, to shew one’s mind, Ld. 170; hann bað Halldórr ganga ór skugga (speak out clearly) hvárt hann vildi unna honum landkaupsins, 322: mod. to get a thing clearly before one, eg vii ganga ór skugga um það, I wish to have no misgivings about it; also in the phrases, sem hann stæði í skugga nokkurum, in some doubt, Bs. ii. 41; hann sagði sér vera mikinn skugga á, hvat Magnús mundi ætlask fyrir, he said he felt much misgiving as to what M. had in mind, Fms. vii. 3; skuggi er honum í málum ykkrum, Valla L. 211.

skuggi: 4. skuggi (foreshadowing) ok spár þess ins ílla, er …, Hom. 119.

skuggi: B. COMPDS: skuggabaldr, skuggalauss, skuggaligr, skuggamikill, skuggasamligr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

L.: Linnæus.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hem.: Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Mart.: Martinus Saga. (F. III.)

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

Valla L.: Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

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