Stökkr
Old Norse Dictionary - stökkrMeaning of Old Norse word "stökkr" (or stǫkkr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
stökkr Old Norse word can mean:
- stökkr (stǫkkr)
- 1. or stökr, m. [provinc. Norse staak = noise], a stir, disturbance; vær kómum stökk (dat.) í lið þeirra, we put them to flight, Stj. 515; ek mun vita ef ek koma nokkurum stökk í lið þeirra, Fms. v.ii. 49; áðr hann görði stökk í órum búðum, ere he brought discord into our dwelling, Bjarn. 28 (in a verse, if thus to be emended); stökkr óx, the swell (of the sea) waxed, Edda (Ht.)
- stökkr (stǫkkr)
- 2. adj. ‘springing,’ brittle, of steel or the like; koparr harðr ok stökkr, Fms. v. 344; stökkr stálbugr, Hallgr.
- stökkr (stǫkkr)
- 2. slippery; sólinn var stökkr … rasar Sturla, Bs. i. 527.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, stökkr may be more accurately written as stǫkkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- adj.
- adjective.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)