[7] ausker (n.) ‘bailer’: Or austker (so A, B, and adopted in Skj B and Skald). A scoop with which to bail the water out of a ship. The first element of the cpd is derived from the strong verb ausa ‘bail’ and the second is ker n. ‘vessel, vat’. Cf. also dæla ‘dale’ in l. 2 above.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.