Vinterskat
Old Danish Dictionary - vinterskatMeaning of Old Danish word "Vinterskat", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.
The Old Danish word Vinterskat can mean:
- no, skat, der udredes om vinteren; leding, land- gille, vinterschat och andet mere at vere EB forholden aff same gaard (1590). Rev IV. 234; NAM VI. 306, 311 (ovf. IV. 41a49,51); Bernts IL. 86 (ovf. 41a2, den efter B anf. be- mærk. passer altså ikke). — Vinter vslange, no. slangeart. M (= stav- slange, scytalis). Navnet af, at slangen sagdes at skifte ham om vinteren, jf Lukan, Pharsalia IX. 717: seytale sparsis etiam nunc sola pruinis exuvias positura suas; Dief: scitale. Jf Nem I. 310: anguis scytale, holl stokslang (overs. af gr-I navn); stangslange ovf?
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚿᛏᚽᚱᛋᚴᛆᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.
Abbreviations used:
- no.
- navneord (substantivum).
- t.
- tysk.