Freð-stertr
Old Norse Dictionary - freð-stertrMeaning of Old Norse word "freð-stertr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- freð-stertr
- or fret-stertr, m., and freðsterts-mát or fretstertu-mát, n., Mag. 23: [Chaucer calls the queen in chess fers, which is derived from her Persian name ferz or ferzan = a king’s captain; the Icel. word is no doubt of the same origin]:—check-mate with the queen’s pawn: other check-mates used in Icel. are heima-stertr, peð-rífr, gleiðar-mát, níumanna-mát, and many more.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦ-ᛋᛏᛁᚱᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)