English Explanatory Dictionary

Rauðskinna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A legendary Icelandic grimoire about black magic, which is said to have been buried with its author: the bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson.

Word forms

Rauðskinna the Rauðskinna Raudskinna

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Icelandic Rauðskinna, from rauður (“red”) + skinn (“skin”). Piecewise doublet of redskin.

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