Sterta
Old Norse Dictionary - sterta
Meaning of Old Norse word "sterta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sterta can mean:sterta
- sterta
- 1. t, to crease, pleat; in the phrase, strauk of ripti, sterti ermar, she smoothed the kirtle and pleated the sleeves, Rm.; cp. þá höfðu menn ermar fimm álna langar ok svá þröngvar, at draga skyldi at við handtygil, ok lerka allar at öxl, Fms. vi. 440.
- sterta
- 2. u, f., in hosna-sterta; cp. drambhosur lerkaðar at beini, court-breeches tight to the leg, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚱᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)