skaunn
nafnorðkarlkyn
, a shield, (Gl.); a ‘protector,’ akin to schonen; skaunar seil, the shield strap, 9. The word also occurs in þing-skaun, the ‘þing-sanctuary’, asylum, within the holy bounds vé-bönd (= þing-helgi?), ix. 419.
II. Skaun is a local name in Norway, always of fertile meadow-land; [ skauns = ὡραιος; schön, whence skjön is borrowed. This ancient root word is otherwise quite extinct in the old languages, see Munch’s Norg. Beskr. xvi.]
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- poët.poetically.
- prop.proper, properly.
- Germ.German.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- mod.modern.
- Dan.Danish.
- Teut.Teutonic.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- pref.preface.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Þd.Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)