Skáfiðr
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom skár (“open, good”) + viðr (“tree wood, board”), thus possibly meaning “Good Tree”.[1]
Proper noun
editSkáfiðr m (genitive Skáfiðar)
Inflection
edit Declension of Skáfiðr (strong u-stem, indefinite singular only)
References
edit- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4