skotta

Merkingar

1. 1.

   að, qs. skofta, which form occurs in the verse Fbr., see skopta, [skopt]:—to dangle, wag to and fro (like hair or a tail); hann lét skotta við skip sín, ok lagði ekki til orrostu, Fms. ii. 310; þeir skotta nú við útan, Fas. i. 10, see skopta.

2. 2.

   u, f. [skott], the popular Icel. name for a female ghost, since, as she roams about, her head-gear streams behind her like a fox’s tail, Maurer’s Volks.; Hvítárvalla-s., Leirár-s.: Skotti, a, m. a nickname, prop. a ghost (?), also used of a horse whose body and tail are of different colours.