Stúfa
Old Norse Dictionary - stúfaMeaning of Old Norse word "stúfa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
stúfa Old Norse word can mean:
- stúfa
- u, f. a stump, n. G. L. i. 85 (the reference see under hnúfa); the name of a poem (by the poet Stúfr), Fms. vi.
- stúfa
- 2. botan. the scabius, scabiosa succisa, Eggert Itin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- botan.
- botanically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.