Í-stað
Old Norse Dictionary - í-stað
Meaning of Old Norse word "í-stað"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- í-stað
- n., usually in pl. ístöð, a stirrup, Sks. 372, freq. in mod. usage, but stígreip (q. v.) is older, being of rope, whereas the ístöð are of metal.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁ-ᛋᛏᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)