Skúr

Old Norse Dictionary - skúr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skúr" in English.

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

skúr Old Norse word can mean:

skúr: f., but originally masc. as in other Teut. idioms, which gender is still preserved in the north of Icel.; it is thus masc. in Run. Gramm. Island.; so also Pal Vídal.,—Norðlinga kennum vér af ‘generibus vocum’ svo sem skúr er hjá þeim karlkennt, en kvennkennt hjá Sunnlingum, Skýr. 126; Runolf, a native of northern Icel., in Gramm. Island., has it masc.; so in later times the poet B. Gröndal, a native of Mývatn, sól og myrka skúra (acc. pl.), in a ditty of 1790. [A. S. scúr: Engl. shower; Germ. schauer]:—a shower; fyrir élum ok skúrum, Hom.; regn eða skúr, Edda i; dropa eða skúrir, 350; þau ský er skúrum blandask, Alm.; skúr, 656 B. 12; blóði hafði rignt í skúrinni, Eb. 260; hvervetna gengu skúrir við annarstaðar í nónd, BS. i. 339; skúrum ok regnum, Stj. 30; himins í dimmu skúr. PasS.

skúr: 2. metaph. a shower of missiles; þessi skúr leið skjótt yfir, FmS. viii. 222: poët. tears are skúr augna …, the shower of the eyes; vúpna, hjálma skúrir, the weapon-shower, helmet-shower; as also, meil-skúr, álm-skúr, dyn-skúr, skot-skúr, nadd-skúr, i. e. a shower of missiles, Lex. poët.

skúr: COMPDS: skúradrög, skúraveðr.

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.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

masc.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Teut.: Teutonic.

i. e.: id est.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Vídal.: Vídalíns-Postilla.

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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