Stól-brúða

Old Norse Dictionary - stól-brúða

Meaning of Old Norse word "stól-brúða" in English.

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

stól-brúða: u, f. a ‘chair-bride,’ chair-post, thus called from the heads carved at the top of the uprights (Worsaae, No. 556); þeir sá Þór með hamri sitja skorinn á stóðbrúðunum, Fbr. 170; þeir sá Sólrúnu sitja á stóli ok var hár hennar bundit við stólbrúðurnar, Bárð. 31 new Ed. (thus the vellum brúðirnar of the Ed. is an error); hón hnígr þá aptr at stólbrúðunum, Fas. ii. 223; síðan drap hann sér við stólbrúði (-brúðu?), ok fann at þar sat maðr á stóli, Grett. 37 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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