Stjóri

Old Norse Dictionary - stjóri

Meaning of Old Norse word "stjóri"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word stjóri can mean:stjóri

stjóri
1. a, m. a steerer, ruler, Lex. Poët., mostly in compds.
stjóri
2. a, m. a kind of stone anchor (Gr. εὐνή); hleypa niðr stjóra, Eg. 142; draga stjóra, to weigh the s., HallGr.: metaph. phrase, taka stjórann, to ‘cut and run.’

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

compds.
compounds.
m.
masculine.
Gr.
Greek.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
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