Garð-staurr
Old Norse Dictionary - garð-staurr
Meaning of Old Norse word "garð-staurr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- garð-staurr
- n. a stake for fencing, 623. 58, Eg. 80, Fms. ix. 56: the phrase, enginn skal öðrum at garðstauri standa, no one is bound to stand up as a rail stake for another, i. e. an inroad into an unfenced field is no trespass, the owner must fence it himself, n. G. L. i. 40.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᚦ-ᛋᛏᛅᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)