Stjóri

Old Norse Dictionary - stjóri

Meaning of Old Norse word "stjóri" in English.

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

stjóri Old Norse word can mean:

stjóri: 1. a, m. a steerer, ruler, Lex. Poët., mostly in compds.

stjóri: 2. a, m. a kind of stone anchor (Gr. εὐνή); hleypa niðr stjóra, Eg. 142; draga stjóra, to weigh the s., HallGr.: metaph. phrase, taka stjórann, to ‘cut and run.’

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

Abbreviations used:

compds.: compounds.

m.: masculine.

Gr.: Greek.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Hallgr.: Hallgrímr Pétrsson.

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