Af-stúfa

Old Norse Dictionary - af-stúfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "af-stúfa"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

af-stúfa
að, or afstýfa, ð, to lop, prune, of trees; a. við, N. G. L. i. 350, Lex. Poët., v. stúfr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛋᛏᚢᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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