Mál-stofa
Old Norse Dictionary - mál-stofa
Meaning of Old Norse word "mál-stofa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mál-stofa
- u, f. a ‘speech-hall,’ meeting hall, public hall, esp. in houses of men of rank, of a king’s hall, Fms. vi. 280, 281, ix. 476, Eg. 95; cp. þar var mikil stofa er konungr átti í hirðstefnur, málstefnur, ok sættar-stefnur, Ó. H. 43: of lagman Thorgny, 66: of a bishop, Bs. i. 869, Munk. 40, D. N. iv. 54, 117: of a convent, Dipl. iii. 10. In mod. usage the Engl. House of Parliament is often rendered by málstofa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚ-ᛋᛏᚢᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)