Brand-stokkr
Old Norse Dictionary - brand-stokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "brand-stokkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brand-stokkr
- m. a dub. απ. λεγ. a high trunk of a tree in the middle of the hall of the mythical king Völsung, Fas. 1. 119; Vr. 142 reads botstokk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛏ-ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- dub.
- dubious.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)