Set-stokkr
Old Norse Dictionary - set-stokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "set-stokkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- set-stokkr
- m. a partition-beam or post in a hall between the set (q. v.) and the centre of the skáli (the wainscotted space between the setstokkar or stafir was called brík, q. v.); ef hann brýtr setstokka ór húsi eða bríkr, n. G. l. i. 39 (Gþl. 345); s. mjök ramligr var fyrir framan setið, ok spyrndi hann þar í, Grett. 114 A; Gizurr lagðisk niðr í skálanum með setstokkunum öðrum megin, Sturl. iii. 189; þá tók Kári einn setstokk loganda í hönd sér, Nj. 202, Vápn. 28 (used instead of a club); Hallsteinn skaut setstokkum fyrir borð í hafi at fornum sið, Landn. 301; þá léði hann þergesti setstokka … þá heimti hann setstokkana … Eiríkr sótti setstokkana á Breiðabólstað, 104.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏ-ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)