skelfr

skelfr
a. trembling, shaky.
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adj. trembling, Al. 76, Fas. ii. 192; ó-skelfr, undaunted, Fb. ii. 8, 351: compar., at ek skula tala lægra eðr skelfra, with a lower or more faltering voice, 296.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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  • (s)kel-4 (extended klā-, klō-) —     (s)kel 4 (extended klā , klō )     English meaning: to bend; crooked     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen; anlehnen; krumm (also sittlich: “verkehrt, unrecht”), verkrũmmt”; especially in Körperteilbezeichnungen; “biegsames Gelenk, Ferse, Knie,… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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