Ein-staka
Old Norse Dictionary - ein-staka
Meaning of Old Norse word "ein-staka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ein-staka
- adj. single, isolated (with the notion of few, now and then, here and there); e. víg, Fms. xi. 99; e. slög ok skeinur, Háv. 50; e. kossar, Fb. i. 304; e. vísur, extemporised ditties (hence staka, a ditty), Fbr. 69.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾ-ᛋᛏᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)