Stig
Old Norse Dictionary - stig
Meaning of Old Norse word "stig"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stig can mean:stig
- stig
- n. [stíga], a step; stig fyrir stig, step for step.
- stig
- 2. a path = stigr, hann freistaði um öll stig. Róm. 310.
- stig
- 3. as a measure, a pace = Lat. passus; fjögur fet göra stig, MS. 732; mæli-stig, a degree, mathem.
- stig
- 4. the step of a ladder; var ek þá kominn í hit efsta stigit, Ó. H. 211 (mod. hapt or stiga-hapt).
- stig
- II. a step or degree in point of birth or family; in the phrase, af … stigum, of low (small, high) degree; af meirum stigum eðr minnum, FaS. i. 242; af litlum stigum, SkS. 749; af háfum stigum, and the like.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- m.
- masculine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- S.
- Saga.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)