Storð

Old Norse Dictionary - storð

Meaning of Old Norse word "storð" in English.

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

storð Old Norse word can mean:

storð: f. a young wood, plantation, Edda ii. 483: in the phrase, falla sem storð, to fall like storð, Fas. ii. 554: poët., storðar úlfr, storðar gandr, -galli, the wolf, bane, etc., of the s., i. e. fire, Lex. poët.; storðar lykkja, ‘wood-loop,’ i. e. a serpent, Km.

storð: 2. the earth (grown with brush-wood), poët., Lex. poët.; storðar men, poët. the necklace of the earth = the sea, Hd.; hauk-storð, ‘hawk-land,’ i. e. the wrist, Lex. poët.

storð: II. the name of an island in Norway, Fms.

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

Abbreviations used:

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Km.: Kráku-mál. (A. III.)

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

Hd.: Hús-drápa. (A. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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