Stigi
Old Norse Dictionary - stigi
Meaning of Old Norse word "stigi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stigi can mean:stigi
- stigi
- a, m., stegi, Sks. 423 (v. l.), 428 B, [stigr]:—a step, ladder, steep ascent; hann sá stiga frá himnum, Ó. H. 211; stiga sex álna hávan, Vm. 129; stigi skal til eldhúss hvers vera, ok tveir krókar í hverjum fjórðungi, n. G. l. ii. 248, passim in old and mod. usage: of a scaling ladder in war, Al. 146, Sks. 413, 423, 428: the phrase, leggja á stiga, to stretch on a ladder, as on a rack, Fms. ix. 349.
- stigi
- II. Stigi, Stiga-gnúpr, a local name, Landn. stiga-hapt, n. a step in a ladder.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)