Steggr
Old Norse Dictionary - steggr
Meaning of Old Norse word "steggr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- steggr
- m., steggi, a, m. [prop. a mounter; in Yorks. a steg is a gander; from stíga, cp. seggr from segja, hugga from hugr]:—a he-bird; andar steggi, a male duck, Karl. 260 (Dan. andrik): in mod. usage steggr also means a tom-cat.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)