Staf-róf
Old Norse Dictionary - staf-róf
Meaning of Old Norse word "staf-róf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- staf-róf
- n. (prop. a row of twigs, Lat. sortes), [A. S. stæfrawa], a ‘stave-row’ the alphabet, Skálda 160, 176, Bret. 106, Al. 48, Rb. 186: metaph., SkS. 16, freq. in old and mod. usage. stafrófs-kver, n. an ABC book.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚠ-ᚱᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)