Strá
Old Norse Dictionary - stráMeaning of Old Norse word "strá" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
strá Old Norse word can mean:
- strá
- f., dat. pl. strám, [A. S. streaw; Engl. straw; Dan. straa; Germ. stroh]:—straw; af hverju strái, Landn. 31; hann tók eitt strá ok dró eptir gólfinu, FmS. vii. 219; liggja stirðr á strám, of a corpse, Sól. 47: the floors of ancient halls were covered with straw (sedge), hence flets-strá, pall-strá, bench-straw, LS. 46: allit., í búri …, á starru eða strái, n. G. l. i. 383: corpses were laid on straw at a lyke-wake, sú eina nótt er ek lá stirðr á strám, Sól. 47; lík skal færa í úthús ok hylja með starru eða strái, 392; lík-strá, ná-strá, q. v.
- strá
- 2. phrases; öll strá stanga e-n, every straw stings one, of an ill-used man (perhaps from some old tale similar to that of Herr Korbes in Grimm’s Märchen), FmS. xi. 155; mjök vilja mik öll strá stanga, Sturl. iii. 141; stráin stangi þik, an imprecation. FaS. iii. 206 (in a verse):—falla í strá, to fall into itraw, be lost, Fbr. (in a verse); falla sem strá, to fall like straw, be mown down, perish.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)