Stappa
Old Norse Dictionary - stappa
Meaning of Old Norse word "stappa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stappa can mean:stappa
- stappa
- að, [Germ. stampfen; Engl. stamp], to stamp; stappa fótum, to stamp with the feet, Grett. 130 A; S. niðr stafnum. Band. 16 new Ed.; stappa e-n til dauðs, MS. 4. 32: to stamp down, þeir stöppuðu snjóinn með spjót-sköptum sínum, FmS. ix. 234: phrases, stappa stáli í e-n, to put steel into, to encourage; það stappar nærri, it ‘stamps near one,’ is on the point. FaS. i. 420.
- stappa
- II. to bray in a mortar; stappa lauk, Ó. H. 223, Pr. 471, 472.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᛒᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)