Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rauðskinna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rauðskin-na
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

"This concerns Bishop Gottskalk the Grim and his powerful book of magic, the Rauðskinna (The Red Book, lit. “redskin”)."
"[…]but it seems much the same as another book often mentioned in the Icelandic magicians’ legends, the Rauðskinna (Redskin). Legend generally credits the authorship of the Rauðskinna to Gottskálk Nikulásson,[…]According to legend, he gathered together all the black spells, none of which had been used since heathen times, and compiled them as the Rauðskinna,[…]"
"The most famous and sinister of all these books was Rauðskinna (Red-Skin).[…]Rauðskinna is said to be a book of the blackest magic, drawn from the Heathen Age."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

the Rauðskinna (canonical) Raudskinna (alternative)

Questions

What does rauðskinna mean?: A legendary Icelandic grimoire about black magic, which is said to have been buried with its author: the bishop Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson.
Where does rauðskinna come from?: Learned borrowing from Icelandic Rauðskinna, from rauður (“red”) + skinn (“skin”). Piecewise doublet of redskin.

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