Stál

Old Norse Dictionary - stál

Meaning of Old Norse word "stál" in English.

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

stál Old Norse word can mean:

stál: n. [a common Teut. word; O. H. G. stahal], steel; sterkasta stáli, Karl. 285, Fms., x. 172, passim: phrases, sverfa til stáls, to file to the very steel, to fight to the last, vii. 244, Gullþ. 69.

stál: 2. plur., of weapons: er stálin mættusk. Art., Lex. Poët. passim.

stál: 3. a part of a ship, the beak; þeir höfðu raskótt fyrir stálinu, Fms. viii. 199; kjalar, stála, súða, Edda 66, Lex. Poët.

stál: II. metaph., from steel wrapped in soft iron before being fused in the forge:—the inside of a hay-stack or rick (= staði); hann tók laust hey ór stálinu. Njarð. 378; ef maðr á korn falt í stáli eðr hey, n. G. l. ii. 111 (v.r. to staði), freq. in mod. usage.

stál: 2. an intercalary sentence in a verse, much used by the ancient poets, esp. in the metre dróttkvætt, Edda i. 618; thus in Haustl. 13 the words ‘sveipr varð í för’ is a stál. In the old poems of the metre dróttkvæð the strophes are interwoven with such intercalary sentences; in some editions these sentences are marked by [ ] or by ( ):—as a gramm. term, embolismus, köllum var þat gört á stál ef á meðal verðr hendinga, Skálda ii. 106.

stál: COMPDS: stálbroddr, stálgaddr, stálgörr, stálhanzki, stálharðr, stálhattr, stálhjálmr, stálhúfa, stálnagli, stálpík, stálslá, stálsleginn, stálsorfinn.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

Teut.: Teutonic.

þ.: þáttr.

m.: masculine.

plur.: plural.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mod.: modern.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

gramm.: grammar.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Art.: Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

Njarð.: Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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