Skelfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - skelfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "skelfa" in English.

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

skelfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

skelfa
(-ða, -ðr), v.
skelfa
1) to make to shake, brandish (~ sverð, lind, ask);
skelfa
2) to make to tremble with fear, frighten; s. e-n af e-u, to deter;
skelfa
3) refl., ~st, to fear (s. e-t or við e-t).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚠᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-u
einhverju.
e-t
eitthvat.

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