Skáney

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Pronunciation

• (13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒːnøy̯/, (later) /ˈskɒːnɛy̯/

Proper noun

Skáney f

1. Scania
   • Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa, verse 6 (prosaic word order)

     Snarir dróttnar gôtut spanit Danmǫrk und sik sǫkum herfarar. Þá lét hlǫðr Dana Skáney herjaða skarpla.

     The bold lords could not get Denmark lured under them because of warfare. Then the feller of the Danes had Scania ravaged fiercely.

   • Runestone Sm 52

     : ᚱᚼᚢᛚᚠ : ᛅᚢᚴ : ᚭᛋᚴᛁᚼᛚ : ᚱᛁᚦᚢ : ᛋᛏᛁᚾ : ᚦᚭ[ᚾᛋᛁ] : ᚽᛏᛁᛦ : ᛚᛁᚠᛋᛏᛁᚾ : ᚠᚢᚦᚢᚱ : ᛋᛁᚾ : ᚽᛋ : ᚢᛅᚱᚦ : ᛏᚢᚦᚱ :: ᚭ : ᛋᚴᚭᚾᚢ : (ᚾ) : ᚴᛅᚱᚦ:ᛋᛏᚭᚴᚢᛘ : ᛅᚢᚴ : ᚠᚢᚱᚦᚢ : ᚭ :: ᚠᛁᚾᚼᛁᚦᛁ [:]

     : rhulf : auk : oskihl : riþu : stin : þo[nsi] : etiʀ : lifstin : fuþur : sin : es : uarþ : tuþr :: o : skonu : (n) : karþ:stokum : auk : furþu : o :: finhiþi [:]
     Hrolfʀ ok Askell ræistu stæin þannsi æftiʀ Lifstæin, faður sinn, es varð dauðr a Skanøy i Garðstangum, ok førðu a Finnhæiði.

     Hrólfr and Áskell raised this stone in memory of Lífsteinn, their father, who died in Scania in Gårdstånga and (they) brought (him) to Finnveden.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Icelandic: Skáney, Skáni, Skánn
• Faroese: Skánoy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Skånøy
• Swedish: Skåne
• Danish: Skåne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skåne
  • → Faroese: Skáni
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: Skåne
• → Old English: Sconeġ
• → Latin: Scania
  • → English: Scania
• → Old High German: Sconaowe
  • German: Schonen

References

• http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php?id=16394&if=runic&table=mss
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)