Stikki

Old Norse Dictionary - stikki

Meaning of Old Norse word "stikki" in English.

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

stikki: a, m. a kind of short, measured poem; stundu vér til stikka … nú er vel tamiðr stikki, Fms. xi. 222 (in a verse); Sörla-stikki, the name of a poem, Fb. i. 277; stikka-lag, a kind of metre, Edda (Ht.) i. 712.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

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Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary