Starkaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - starkaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "starkaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- starkaðr
- or better Störkuðr, m., qs. Stark-höðr, [from sterkr and Höðr]:—a pr. name, Landn., Fas., the famous Danish mythical hero. Starkaðar-lag, n. the name of a metre, Edda (Ht.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚱᚴᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)