Skjár

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skjár

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skjár" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

skjár: skjár, m. gjennemsigtig hinde med tilhørende Ramme til dermed at dekke Røghullet iTaget (se ljori) eller en Vinduesaabningi Sidevæggen (jvf skjá 2 og 3, hliðskjár,skjávindauga); Þorbjørn þreif upp stokkok reisti undir skjáinn ok fór þar útok dró upp stokkinn Þorskf. 6221; maðr skyldi sitja við ljóra - ok halda vörð;hann skyldi drekka af dýrshorni - ;sá het Halvarðr, er þá hélt vörð, er f.kom á land -; ok er hann hafðidrukkit af horninu, kastaði hann þvíinn um skjáinn Fld. II, 8129; nú munuvér fara upp á stofuna ok taka afskjáinn ok láta leggja út reykinn Flat.II, 21832; ef menn sitja í húsum sínumþeim, er skjáir eru á, þá er svá ljóstinni, at hverr maðr kennir annan, seminni er staddr Kgs. 471.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛁᛆᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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