Sköllóttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sköllóttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sköllóttr" (or skǫllóttr) in Norwegian.

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

sköllóttr (skǫllóttr): sköllóttr, adj. skaldet; hann var bæði vesal-mannligr ok ljótr, sköllóttr ok inneygrHáv. 416; Aslakr var maðr sköllóttr,af því er sagt er, ok hefir hann þóeigi hjalm á höfði um daginn ok etrhann fram berum skallanum Flat. I,19023; var Grímr þá halfþritugr ataldri, ok var þá sköllóttr; síðan varhann kallaðr Skallagrímr Eg. 20 (383)jvf 25 (497).

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚯᛚᛚᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.

v.: Verbum.

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