Skaði

Old Icelandic Dictionary - skaði

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "skaði" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

skaði Old Icelandic word can mean:

skaði
m.
skaði
1) scathe, harm, damage (gøra e-m skaða); verða fyrir sköðum, to suffer losses;
skaði
2) loss in a person; þótti henni mikill s. eptir mann sinn, she felt she had a great loss in her husband;
skaði
3) death, = bani; veita e-m skaða, to slay, kill; verða e-m at skaða, to be the death of one.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᚦᛁ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
e-m
einhverjum.

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