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1 egg-skurn
n. (mod. egg-skurmr, m.), an egg-shell, Edda. 12, Stj. 10. -
2 SKURN
* * *f. and n. egg-shell, nut-shell.* * *f. (cp. Fas. iii. 215, Clar., but erroneously), an egg-shell or nut-shell: ostram, þat köllu vér skurn eðr skel, Stj. 88; hafði konungr skurnit (sic) fyrir borðker, Fas. iii. 215; eggit, var brotin rauf á skurninni, id.; skurn ok kjarni, Karl. 279; egg-skurn, an egg-shell, Edda.2. an ornamented shell-box (?); hvít skurn gyllt, með loki brotin, Dipl. v. 18; skurn búin, Vm. 109; skurnir átta svartar, ok er ein með loki, Dipl. v. 18; skurnir níu ok tvær lokaðar, iii. 4; ein skurn búin, B. K. 31, D. N. passim; valhnotar-s., a walnut-shell, Fms. vii. 225. -
3 skurmsl
n. egg-shell, nut-shell.* * *f., mod. skurmr, n. an egg-shell, = skuru, Mork. 220, see Fms. vii. 225, l. c. -
4 eggskurn
f. egg-shell.
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