Stela
Old Norse Dictionary - stela
Meaning of Old Norse word "stela"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stela can mean:stela
- stela
- (stel, stell, Js. 128), pret. stal, stalt, stálu; subj. stæli; imperat. stel, steldú; part. stolinn: [a common Teut. word]:—to steal, with dat. (stela e-u), Eg. 237, Boll. 350, Nj. 74, N. G. l. i. 82; stela stuld, to commit a theft, 83: the phrase, hann stelr öllu sem steini er léttara, he steals whatever is lighter than stone, of a thorough thief.
- stela
- 2. with acc. to bereave, rob a person; várr skal engi annann stela, N. G. l. i. 81; stela mik (acc.) eign minni, to rob me of my property. Boll. 350; nú er maðr stolinn fé sínu, Gpl. 539.
- stela
- II. reflex., stelask, to steal in or upon; stelask at e-m, to steal upon, attack a person unawares, Lv. 47; berjask um ljósa daga en stelask eigi at þeim um nætr, Fms. vii. 296; hvárigir stælisk á aðra, ix. 489, v. l.; stelask á e-n, id., Fas. i. 144, Al. 158.
- stela
- 2. recipr., stelask frá, to steal from one another, Sturl. i. 173. 3. stolinn; með stolinni hendi, with a stolen, thievish hand, Js. 24.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- imperat.
- imperative.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- part.
- participle.
- pret.
- preterite.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- acc.
- accusative.
- pl.
- plural.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- recipr.
- reciprocally.
Works & Authors cited:
- Boll.
- Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)