Stirðna
Old Norse Dictionary - stirðna
Meaning of Old Norse word "stirðna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stirðna can mean:stirðna
- stirðna
- að, to become stiff, Greg. 67, Fms. iii. 129, Eb. 220; stirðnaðr ok dauðr, Fær. 269; stirðnat lík, Fms. viii. 232, freq. in old and mod. usage.
- stirðna
- 2. metaph. to become severe; tók veðrit at stirðna, Grett. 86 A; þá stirðnaði (styrmdi?) á fyrir þeim, it grew rough, 125 A; of the temper, þeir tóku mjök at s. við hann, Fms. xi. 245.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚱᚦᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)