Styrma

Old Norse Dictionary - styrma

Meaning of Old Norse word "styrma" in English.

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

styrma Old Norse word can mean:

styrma: d, [stormr; A. S. styrmian], to blow up for a gale; gékk um veðrit ok styrmði at þeim, BS. i. 775, Grett. 113 new Ed.; þá tók veðrit at S. af land-suðri, id.

styrma: 2. metaph. in the phrase, styrma yfir e-m, to storm, make much ado about a body or a person suddenly slain or wounded; styrmdu heima-menn yfir honum, Ld. 40, Sturl. ii. 38, Gísl. 142, FæR. 112, Orkn. 452; styrma at líki, FbR. 40; þeir stöktu vatni strákinn á ok styrmdu yfir með ljósi, Skíða R. 189; see stumra (by a metathesis).

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

S.: Saga.

l.: line.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

R.: Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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