Old Norse Dictionary Entry

For-staða

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

u, f. standing up for one, shielding one, Gþl. 265, Ld. 180, Lv. 4, Orkn. 40; mæla e-m forstöðu, to say a good word for one, Hkr. ii. 147.

COMPD: forstöðumaðr.

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Runic Inscription

for-staða

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "for-staða" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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