Staga

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Staga

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 staga

að, to darn or to patch coarsely; draugr stagaðr náböndum, Mar.; ef maðr stagar (sews up) höfuð svá at ekki bitr, Grág. i. 383; hvítum svörtum stagat allt með þráði, Hallgr. (of a beggar’s rags).

2 staga

2. reflex., stagast á e-u, to harp on the same thing.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛅᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

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