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- Icelandic · learned borrowing fromRauðskinna
- English todayRauðskinna
Learned borrowing from Icelandic Rauðskinna, from rauður (“red”) + skinn (“skin”). Piecewise doublet of redskin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rauðskinna
Today it means: A legendary Icelandic grimoire about black magic, which is said to have been buried with its author: the bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson. Full definition →
Icelandic Rauðskinna