Skammr

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

skammr Old Icelandic word can mean:

skammr

a.

skammr

1) short (var sú leiðin skemmri); láta e-n höfði skemmri, to make one shorter by the head, to behead; neut., skammt, a short way, short distance (hann bjó skammt frá Skallagrími);

skammr

2) of time, short, brief; skamma hríð, stund, but a short while; eiga skammt úlifat, to have but a short time to live; hann kvað skammt til þess, he said it would be soon; skammt frá þessu, a short while after this;

skammr

3) adverbially, skömmu, skemmstu, lately, very lately, recently, very recently, = fyrir skömmu, skemmstu; skömmum, not long (sat hann skömmum við drykk); skemmrum, for a shorter time (at landit mundi verða skemmrum biskupslaust, ef tveir væri biskuparnir); sem skemmst, as short a while as possible.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛘᛘᚱ

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• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary