Blund-stafir
Old Norse Dictionary - blund-stafir
Meaning of Old Norse word "blund-stafir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blund-stafir
- m. pl. rods causing sleep, in the phrase, bregða blund-stöfum, to awake, Sdm. 3; cp. stinga svefnþorn, Ísl. Þjóðs.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᚾᛏ-ᛋᛏᛅᚠᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)