Skurðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - skurðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "skurðr" in English.

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

skurðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

skurðr
(-ar, -ir), m.
skurðr
1) cutting;
skurðr
2) slaughtering (sauðir ætlaðir til skurðar);
skurðr
3) flensing of a whale;
skurðr
4) ditch, channel (s. svá breiðr ok djúpr, at þar mátti vel skipum halda); grafa skurð, to dig a ditch;
skurðr
5) carving, of art (silfri var rennt í skurðina).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᚱᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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