Gjaf-stóll
Old Norse Dictionary - gjaf-stóllMeaning of Old Norse word "gjaf-stóll" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gjaf-stóll
- n., poet, a throne, Lex. Poët., cp. A. S. gifstol.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛅᚠ-ᛋᛏᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.