Stoltz
Old Norse Dictionary - stoltzMeaning of Old Norse word "stoltz" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
stoltz Old Norse word can mean:
- stoltz
- and stoltr, adj. [for. word from the Germ. stoltz], proud; in alliteration, svá styrkr ok stollz, Þiðr. 112; svá stoltz eðr stórr, FmS. iv. 162; þótt þú sér stolz ok stórr, Mag. 3; þó þeir væri svá stollz, at …, Eb. 10 new Ed. (see the foot-note 4): the form stoltr only occurs in later vellums and paper MSS., stoltum né dramblátum, FaS. i. 89, Eb. 10, v. l.; þeim hvíta hesti, er ek sá engan stolltara, Karl. 234: passim in mod. usage since the Reformation, through Dan. from Low Germ., stoltir herrar, stoltan stað, BS. ii. 305 (verses 2–4 of a poem of A. D. 1540); borgaði holtið stoltum, BS. ii. 482 (verse 18), PasS., Vídal.
- stoltz
- COMPDS: stoltarfljóð, stoltarmenn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᛚᛏᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
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