Stappa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Stappa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 stappa

að, [Germ. stampfen; Engl. stamp], to stamp; stappa fótum, to stamp with the feet, Grett. 130 A; s. niðr stafnum. Band. 16 new Ed.; stappa e-n til dauðs, MS. 4. 32: to stamp down, þeir stöppuðu snjóinn með spjót-sköptum sínum, Fms. ix. 234: phrases, stappa stáli í e-n, to put steel into, to encourage; það stappar nærri, it ‘stamps near one,’ is on the point. Fas. i. 420.

2 stappa

II. to bray in a mortar; stappa lauk, Ó. H. 223, Pr. 471, 472.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛅᛒᛒᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
num.: numeral.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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