Pál-stafr
Old Norse Dictionary - pál-stafr
Meaning of Old Norse word "pál-stafr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- pál-stafr
- m. [páll; cp. Engl. ‘falstaff’], a ‘pole-staff,’ a pole with an iron spike, a kind of heavy missile, Róm. 164, Fms. viii. 139, 224, 389, Nj. 274, Sks. 386, Karl. 81.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛚ-ᛋᛏᛅᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)