Stag
Old Norse Dictionary - stag
Meaning of Old Norse word "stag"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stag can mean:stag
- stag
- n., pl. stög, [A. S. stæg]:—a stay, esp. the rope from the mast to the stem; en fyrir dragreip tvá aura silfrs ok svá fyrir stag, n. G. l. ii. 283, Edda (Gl.); stögin á kugginum festi á höfði skipsins, ok tók af nasarnar, FmS. x. 135, v. l.; bændr skulu fá reip til skips, en ef missir stags, þá liggja við aurar tólf, n. G. l. i. 199; en er þeir drógu seglit gékk í sundr stagit ok fór seglit ofan þver-skipa, Ó. H. 137: the phrase, á stag, ahead, of a ship; rétt á stag, FmS. vi. (in a verse); á stag stjórnmörum steypa vildi, to make the ship go down head foremost, Hkv. i. 29 (thus to be emended, stagstiorn mörum Cd.)
- stag
- 2. a rope between poles to hang clothes on for drying.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Cd.
- Codex.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)