STOFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

STOFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 STOFA

u, f., older form stufa; [A. S. stofa; Engl. stove; Old Germ. stuve; Germ. stube; Dan. stue]:—the oldest sense seems to be that of a stove-room, like Germ. stube, a bathing-room with a ‘stove;’ stofur tvær, þar skyldi konungr taka bað, Bs. i. 632; bað-stofa, q. v.: and to this refers the phrase, kafna í stofu reyk, to be choked with the stove-reek in a bath, as an ignominious death, Grett. 116; stofu-reykr, the reek of a stove; kafna í stofu reyk, Grett. 116 A; stofu-smíð, Sturl. i. 181.

2 STOFA

2. one of the rooms in an ancient dwelling, esp. used for the ladies’ sitting-room, and opp. to the skáli; stofa, eldhús, búr, Grág. i. 459; eldhús eðr stofur, 468; sat Gunnlaugr í stofu, Ísl. ii. 250; gékk Þormóðr milli stofu ok eldhúss, Fbr. 164; Rannveig gékk til stofu, Nj. 83, 175; ganga inn í stofu, Eg. 23, 49, 110, 149, 205, 206, 215, 233; ganga inn ok finna stofu, þar sátu konur tvær, Fær. 41; í stofu þá er konur sátu at verki, Bs. i. 627; þar var karlfátt heima ok hvíldu allir menn í stofu, Sturl. i. 142; var sleginn danz í stofu, ii. 117; hann dreymdi at hann þóttisk sitja í stofu í rúmi sínu, þótti honum stofan alskipuð, stóðu borð um alla stofu ok vistir á, 186, 206, iii. 267; fram í stofunni frá ek hann var er fólkit skyldi hátta, Skíða R. 36; þeir gengu frá elda-skála með skutil-diska ok báru inn í stofu, Eg. 238; til stofu er jarl drakk inni, Fs. 112; litla stofa, Sturl. ii. 152, 153, 181, 185, iii. 100, 187, Orkn. 182; ytri stofa, Sturl. iii. 42; almanna-stofa, ii. 153, iii. 194, 198; bað-stofa, ii. 121, 167, iii. 102, 176, 196; biskups-stofa, 267; set-s., svefn-s., q. v.; myrkva-s., a ‘mirk-stove,’ a dungeon; stofu-búnaðr, hangings, Fms. vi. 342; stofu-dyrr, -gluggr, -gólf, -horn, -hurð, -pallr, the door, window, floor … of a stofa, Eg. 46, Sd. 142, 143, Gullþ. 62, Fms. ix. 55, Fbr. 168, Gþl. 344, H. E. i. 495, Fær. 194; stofu-refill, Dipl. iii. 4.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚢᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
bisk
bishop.
ch
chapter.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
opp
opposed to.
opp.
opposed.
opp. to
opposed to.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
q. v.
quod vide.
R.
Rimur.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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