SKREIÐ
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f. [skríða], a shoal of fish (A. S. scâlu; provinc. Engl. school), this is the Norwegian sense, see Ström Söndmor’s Beskr. i. 317; hence, skreið varga, a flock of wolves: þar dreif at honum varga skreið mikil, Bret. 150; this sense is obsolete in Icel., where it is only used of
2. dried fish, as food and as an export (prop. ellipt. for skörp skreið), Eb. 272, 316, Grett. 98 new Ed.; skreið ok huðir, Eg. 69; s. ok mjöl, Nj. 16; skörp s., Fms. viii. 251; Háleysk skreið, Munk. 51; skreið var þá eingin flutt, Bs. i. 842; skreiðar-garðr, a platform for drying fish, Vm. 14; skreiðar-hlaði, a pile of skreið, Eb. 276; skreiðar-kaup, Fb. 348; skreiðar-tíund, -tollr, Vm. 47, Ám. 10 D. N. iii. 30.