Skutill

Old Norse Dictionary - skutill

Meaning of Old Norse word "skutill" in English.

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

skutill Old Norse word can mean:

skutill: n., dat. skutli, [skjóta; cp. End. shuttle]:—an implement shot forth.

skutill: 2. a harpoon, Gþl. 466, Landn. 148, Fbr. 144; sel-skutill, a seal-harpoon, id.; hval-skutill.

skutill: 3. a bolt or bar, whence skutla-hlið, a ‘bar-gate’ D. n. ii. 735. v. 752.

skutill: B. [A. S. scutel; Engl. scuttle; Germ. schässel; Icel. skutill, etc.;—all probably from Lat. scutellum, and therefore a different word]:—a plate, trencher, or even a small table; af helgum skutli, Haustl.; fram setti hón skutla silfri varða, Rm. 28; bar hón meir at þat miðra skutla, 4; hón gaf Sveini konungi ágætan skutil. allan gullbúinn ok settan dýrum steinum. FmS. vi. 232; tekr hann upp borð ok setr fyrir Butralda, Þorkell mælti, skammr er S. minn, Fbr. 37; eigi mundi verða síðan einn skutill svá veglega skipaðr sem þá er þrir svá voldugir konungar snæddu af einum diski, BS. i. 37: the table (bjóðr) and the skutill are distinguished in the Rm. skutil-sveinn, m. a page at a royal table: as a title of honour, FmS. vi. 304, vii. 158, 168, ix. 362. 426, x. 15, 80, 93, Orkn. 246, Sturl. ii. 124. In Norway the skutilsveinar and other royal pageantry were introduced about the time of king Olave the Quiet (A. D. 1067–1093), see Fagrsk. 150; its occurrence in FmS. ii. 133 is therefore an anachronism, whereas the word is freq. in the lives of the kings of the 12th and 13th centuries, as also in the Hirðskrá (n. G. l. ii): a bishop’s skutilsveinn, 472.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

dat.: dative.

n.: neuter.

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

l.: line.

v.: vide.

A. D.: Anno Domini.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

L.: Linnæus.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

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

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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

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