STEKKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

STEKKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 STEKKR

m., gen. stekkjar, pl. stekkir, a fold in which lambs in spring are weaned during the night before being taken from the ewes and driven to the mountain pastures; which season in Icel. is called stekk-tíð, f., Edda 103; eggtíð eða stekktíð, Icel. Almanack, 1872. May 27; merkja lamb í stekk, Grág. i. 415; taka lamb ór stekk, Ld. 170; lamb skal marka ór stekk hvert vár ok skal Pétr ábyrgjask ok gefa um haust er aptr kemr, D. I. i. 201; göra upp stekka, Sturl. i. 27; stekkjanna, 28; skal gefa lamb ór stekk, ok gefa um haustið ef aptr kemr, Vm. 169; hafði faðir minn stekk fyrir neðan langa-garðinn fyrir útan ána, Dipl, v. 25. stekkjar-lamb or stekk-lamb, n. a lamb from the stekkr.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛁᚴᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

D. I.
Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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