Stökkr

Old Norse Dictionary - stökkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "stökkr" (or stǫkkr)

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

Old Norse word stökkr can mean:stökkr

stökkr (stǫkkr)
1. or stökr, m. [provinc. Norse staak = noise], a stir, disturbance; vær kómum stökk (dat.) í lið þeirra, we put them to flight, Stj. 515; ek mun vita ef ek koma nokkurum stökk í lið þeirra, Fms. v.ii. 49; áðr hann görði stökk í órum búðum, ere he brought discord into our dwelling, Bjarn. 28 (in a verse, if thus to be emended); stökkr óx, the swell (of the sea) waxed, Edda (Ht.)
stökkr (stǫkkr)
2. adj. ‘springing,’ brittle, of steel or the like; koparr harðr ok stökkr, Fms. v. 344; stökkr stálbugr, Hallgr.
stökkr (stǫkkr)
2. slippery; sólinn var stökkr … rasar Sturla, Bs. i. 527.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, stökkr may be more accurately written as stǫkkr.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
provinc.
provincial.
adj.
adjective.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
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