Stakka
Old Norse Dictionary - stakka
Meaning of Old Norse word "stakka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stakka can mean:stakka
- stakka
- u, f. [akin to stakkr; cp. Dan. stakket = brief, scant]:—a stump; hafi sá stökku er stytti, Gþl. 399, Jb. 274.
- stakka
- 2. a hide, when flayed, but not cut up (= belgr); in bjarn-stakka, hafr-stakka, hrein-stakka, varg-stakka, q. v. (not staka).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)