Skurðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - skurðrMeaning 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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