Skör
Old Icelandic Dictionary - skörMeaning of Old Icelandic word "skör" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
skör Old Icelandic word can mean:
- skör
- (gen. skarar, pl. skarar), f.
- skör
- 1) rim, edge; allt út at skörinni, to the rim of the ice; fig., skríða til skarar, to slide to the very edge, come to a crisis (skal nú til skarar skríða með okkr Knúti bróður mínum); tjaldskör, edge of a tent; spretta skörum, to lift the edges of the tent;
- skör
- 2) the joints in a ship’s planking (skipit hafði bilat at skörunum, þá er fram var sett);
- skör
- 3) step (þeir skyldu sitja í hásæti skör hærra en jarlar, en skör lægra en sjálfr hann);
- skör
- 4) hair; ~ nam at dýja, he tossed his locks; ~ var fyrir enni, the hair was cut across the forehead; rautt mun sjá í skörina, there will be bloody locks;
- skör
- 5) = skari (better skor).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.