Staðsa
Old Norse Dictionary - staðsa
Meaning of Old Norse word "staðsa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- staðsa
- adj. indecl.; in the phrase, verða staðsa, to stop, hesitate; the word is a απ. λεγ. occurring in a verse on the fly-leaf of the Ub. of the Edda, cp. Dan. standse.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚦᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- decl.
- declined.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ub.
- Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)