Stökkull
Old Norse Dictionary - stökkull
Meaning of Old Norse word "stökkull" (or stǫkkull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stökkull can mean:stökkull
- stökkull (stǫkkull)
- m. (stökkvill, D. I. i. 408), a brush used for sprinkling holy water, an aspersoir, Eb. 10, Stj. 279, D. I.I.)">Bs. i. 195, Hkr. i. 139.
- stökkull (stǫkkull)
- 2. a ‘jumper,’ the name of a whale, see Ísl. Þjóðs., Eggert Itin.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, stökkull may be more accurately written as stǫkkull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.