Sköfuleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sköfuleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sköfuleikr" (or skǫfuleikr) in Norwegian.

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

sköfuleikr (skǫfuleikr)
sköfuleikr, m. et Slags Leg, hvortil brug- tes skafa (se hornskafa); K. sendi orðBotnverjum, at þeir ætti saman knatt-leika ok sköfuleika á Sandi Harð. 22(711 jvf 18).

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, sköfuleikr may be more accurately written as skǫfuleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚯᚠᚢᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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