skák
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
f. [of Persian origin], chess, Vm. 177; tefla skák, Gsp.
- 2.
[O. H. G. scâb-man; Germ. schächer], a robber, highwayman, Þiðr. 100 (v. l.), 125 (v. l. 14), 353. skák-tafl, n. a game of chess, Ó. H. 167, Fas. i. 523, Fms. xi. 366 (year 1155), Bs. i. 635 (year 1238), ii. 186, D. N. (in deeds of the 14th century). There is no authentic record of chess in Scandin. before the 12th century, for Fas. l. c. is mythical, and as to Ó. H. 167 see remarks s. v. hnefi 2. In Icel. there is still played a peculiar kind of chess, called vald-skák, where no piece, if guarded, can be taken or exchanged.
- II.
metaph. a seat, bench; in the popular phrase, tyltu þér á skákina, take a seat!
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Germ.
- German.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Gsp.
- Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)