Definitions
Definitions
1 styrj-öld styrj-ǫld
f., gen. styrjaldar, spelt stjorjold, Bs. i. 581; [styrr and öld]:—‘stir-age,’ war, fray, tumult; vekja styrjöld, 623. 25; hefir þú þat skap er engi styrjöld fylgir, thou art no man of war, Landn. 260; með mikilli s. ok gný, Fms. x. 265; ópi ok s., i. 273; standa á s., Fas. iii. 155; fremja s., 623. 11; göra mikla styrjöld, Stj. 489; með harðfengi sinni ok s., Fb. ii. 71; orrosta þessi ok s., 298. styrjaldar-maðr, m. a warlike man, Ísl. ii. 361; vér fundum þenna styrjaldar-mann, this peace-disturber, 645. 97; hann hafði engi s. verit hér til, Sturl. iii. 7; styrjaldar-Magnús, Fms. vii.
Orthography
Orthography
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Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
styrj-öld
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "styrj-öld" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).