Strá-dauða

Old Norse Dictionary - strá-dauða

Meaning of Old Norse word "strá-dauða" in English.

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

strá-dauða
adj. [Dan. straa-död], ‘straw-dead,’ dying a natural death, from the corpse being stretched on straw, see strá (above), Korm. (in a verse); in the old heathen times an inglorious death, opp. to vápndauðr, cp. þat óttuðumk ek um hríð, er friðr þessi inn mikli var, at ek munda verða elli-dauðr inni á pall-strám mínum, Hkr. i. 149.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
opp.
opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
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