skæið

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, to a root with the meaning of separation (of planks). Related to Old Norse skeiða (“to sheath”). Partial doublet of Old Norse skíð. Cognate to Old English scēaþ, English sheath, Old Saxon skēðia, Middle Low German schēde, Middle Dutch schēde, Dutch scheede, Old Frisian skēthe, Old High German sceida, German scheide.

skæið f

1. (Old East Norse) alternative form of skeið.
   • ca. 900, Tryggevælde Runestone (DR 230):

     §A ᚱᛅᚴᚾᚼᛁᛚᛏᚱ ᛫ ᛋᚢᛋᛏᛁᛦ ᛫ ᚢᛚᚠᛋ ᛫ ᛋᛅᛏᛁ ᛫ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ | ᚦᚾᚾᛋᛁ ᛫ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛫ ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ ᛫ ᚼᛅᚢᚴ ᛫ ᚦᚭᚾᛋᛁᛅᚢᚠᛏ | ᛅᚢᚴᛋᚴᛅᛁᚦ ᛫ ᚦᛅᛁᛋᛁ | ᚴᚢᚾᚢᛚᚠ ᛫ ᚢᛅᚱᛋᛁᚾ ᛫ ᚴᛚᚭᛘᚢ ᛚᛅᚾᛘᛅᚾ | (ᛋ)ᚢᚾ ᛫ ᚾᛅᛁᚱᛒᛁᛋ ᛫ ᚠᛅᛁᛦ ᛫ ᚢᛅᚱᚦᛅ ᛫ ᚾᚢ ᚠᚢᛏᛁᚱ ᛫ ᚦᚭᛁᛒᛅᛏᚱᛁ | §B ᛋᛅ ᚢᛅᚱᚦᛁ ᛫ ᛅᛏ (᛫) ᚱᛁᛏᛅ ᛫ ᛁᛋ ᛅᛁᛚᛏᛁ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᚦᚭᚾᛋᛁ | §C ᛁᚦᛅ ᚼᛁᚦᛅᚾ ᛏᚱᛅᚴᛁ

     §A Ragnhildr, systiʀ Ulfs, satti sten | þænsi ok gærþi høg þænsi æft, | ok skæiþ þæssi, | Gunulf, wær sin, glamulan man, | sun Nærfis. Faiʀ wærþa nu føddiʀ þem bætri. | §B Sa wærþi at ræta(?) æs ælti(?) sten þænsi | §C æþa hæþan dragi.

     §A Ragnhildr, Ulfr's sister, sat stone | this here, and made mound this here, | and ship this here, | in memory of her husband Gunnulfr, a clamorous man, | Nerfir's son. Few will now be born better than him. | §B A warlock(?) be he who damages(?) this stone | §C or drags it (away) from here.

   • 980–1015, Östergötland Runic Inscription 68 (Ög68):

     ᛋᚢᛁᚾᛅ × ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ × ᛒᚱᚢ × ᚦᚽᛋᛁ × ᚽᚠᛏᛁᛦ × ᚬᚢᛁᚾᛏ × ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ × ᛋᛁᚾ × ᚼᛆᚾ × ᚢᛆᛋ × ᚢᚽᛋᛏᚽᛦ × ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚽᛦ × ᛁ × ᚢᚽᚱᚽᚴᛋ × (ᚴ)ᛅᛁ-ᛁ

     Svæina gærði bro þessi æftiʀ Øyvind, broður sinn. Hann vas vestr dauðr i Værings skæiði.

     Sveina made this bridge in memory of Eyvindr, his brother. He died in the west on Væringr's ship.

   • 11th c., Södermanland Runic Inscription 171 (Sö171):

     (ᛁ)ᚾᚴ(ᛁ)ᚠ(ᛅ)[ᛋ]ᛏᚱ ᛫ ᛚ[ᛁ](ᛏ) (ᚼ)(ᛅ)ᚴᚢ... ᛋᛏ(ᛅ)...ᚾ ᛫ ᚽᚠᛏᛁᛦ ᛫ ᛋᛁᚼᚢᛁᚦ ᛫ ᚠᛅᚦ-ᚱ ᛫ ᛋᛁ[ᚾ ᛫ ᚼᛅᚾ ᛫ ᚠᛁᛅᛚ ᛫ ᛁ ᚼ]ᚢᛚ(ᛘ)[ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ ᛫ ᛋᚴᛅᛁᚦᛅᛦ ᛫ ᚢᛁᛋᛁ ᛘᛁ]ᚦ ᛫ ᛋᚴᛁ...ᚱᛅ

     Ingifastr let haggv[a] stæ[i]n æftiʀ Sigvið, fað[u]r sinn. Hann fioll i Holmgarði, skæiðaʀ visi með ski[pa]ra.

     Ingifastr had the stone cut in memory of Sigviðr, his father. He fell in Holmgarðr, the ship's leader with the seamen.