Set-stokkr

Old Norse Dictionary - set-stokkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "set-stokkr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

set-stokkr: m. a partition-beam or post in a hall between the set (q. v.) and the centre of the skáli (the wainscotted space between the setstokkar or stafir was called brík, q. v.); ef hann brýtr setstokka ór húsi eða bríkr, n. G. l. i. 39 (Gþl. 345); s. mjök ramligr var fyrir framan setið, ok spyrndi hann þar í, Grett. 114 A; Gizurr lagðisk niðr í skálanum með setstokkunum öðrum megin, Sturl. iii. 189; þá tók Kári einn setstokk loganda í hönd sér, Nj. 202, Vápn. 28 (used instead of a club); Hallsteinn skaut setstokkum fyrir borð í hafi at fornum sið, Landn. 301; þá léði hann þergesti setstokka … þá heimti hann setstokkana … Eiríkr sótti setstokkana á Breiðabólstað, 104.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏ-ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Vápn.: Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)

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