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.