Stjórr
Old Norse Dictionary - stjórrMeaning of Old Norse word "stjórr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- stjórr
- m. [Ulf. stiurs; A. S. steôr, stirc; Engl. steer; North. E. and Scot. stirk; Germ. stier]:—a steer, stirk, young bull, an obsolete word, which seems to occur in Edda i. 460 (in a verse), unless the true reading be stjórnviðjar, q. v. The word may be preserved in such local names as Stjóra-dalr, and prob. in the dimin. Sturla, q. v. (qs. stjuri-la).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)