Skeið

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

skeið Old Icelandic word can mean:

skeið

I)

skeið

(pl. -ir), f.

skeið

1) war-ship, galley (snekkjur ok ~ir);

skeið

2) a weaver’s reed, sley;

skeið

3) pl. sheath (tók hann kníf sinn ór ~um).

skeið

II)

skeið

n.

skeið

1) race, run;

skeið

renna ~ við e-n, to run a race with one;

skeið

ríða á ~, to ride at full speed;

skeið

hlaupa á ~, to set off running (hann kastar niðr verkfœrum ok hleypr á ~ heim til bœjar);

skeið

gera (or renna) ~ at e-u, to make a run at a thing;

skeið

skapa (or skopa) ~, to take a run;

skeið

taka e-t á ~i, to catch it on the move (G. tók knöttinn á ~i);

skeið

2) race-course (var þar gott ~ at renna eptir sléttum velli);

skeið

3) a piece of way;

skeið

skammt, langt ~, a short, long way;

skeið

4) space of time (þat var eitt ~, at);

skeið

nökkut ~, for some time (Njáll þagnaði nökkut ~);

skeið

um ~, for a while;

skeið

annat ~, after a while, every now and then (hann hafði niðri aðra höndina at jörðu ok bregðr henni annat ~ at nösum);

skeið

vera á œsku ~i, á léttasta ~i aldrs, to be in the prime of life;

skeið

vera af œsku ~i, to be no longer a young man.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛁᚦ

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary