Definitions
Definitions
1 stefja
að, to prevent; stefja manntjón, Fms. x. 418.
2 stefja
II. to address with a stave or stanza; þá stefjaði trollkona á hann ok spurði hverr þar fór (then follows the ditty), Edda 95.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
stefja
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "stefja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).