Stuðill

Old Norse Dictionary - stuðill

Meaning of Old Norse word "stuðill" in English.

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

stuðill Old Norse word can mean:

stuðill: m. [styðja], anything that ‘steadies,’ a stud, prop, stay; styrkir stuðlar, Barl. 5; þá skulu styrkir stuðlar styðja þik alla vegu, 41; tjöld ok tveir stuðlar, Stj. 308 (= columna of the Vulgate); þeir settu þar í stuðla, ok festu þar við víggyrðlana, Fms. viii. 216; öruggir stuðlar bæði brjósti ok herðum, Anecd. 4.

stuðill: 2. spec. usages, an upright on board ship, Edda (Gl.): the four posts of a box are called stuðlar (meis-stuðull, opp. to rim, q. v.): pentagonal basalt columns are also called stuðlar, and stuðla-berg, n. is a basaltic dyke.

stuðill: II. metaph. and as a metrical term, the supporter, second repeated letter in an alliterative verse; thus in ‘sól varp sunnan sinni mána,’ the s in ‘sunnan’ and ‘sinni’ is stuðill, supporting the head-stave in ‘sól’ (see höfuðstafr, p. 308, col. 2), Edda i. 596, 612, ii. 150.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

opp.: opposed.

q. v.: quod vide.

spec.: specially.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Anecd.: Anecdoton. (H. II.)

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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