Stóll
Old Norse Dictionary - stóll
Meaning of Old Norse word "stóll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stóll can mean:stóll
- stóll
- m. [common to all Teut. languages], a stool, chair; setjask á stól, Nj. 179; eptir endi-löngu vórn skipaðir stólar, Fms. x. 16; stólar tveir (in a church), Vm. 70.
- stóll
- 2. metaph. a bishop’s see or residence, Fms. ix. 2 (biskups-stóll); sitja at stóli, Bs. i. 171; for biskup heim til stóls síns, 508; skal annarr biskup vera at stóli í Skálaholti, K. Þ. K.; Hóla-stóll, Skálaholts-s, the see of H., Sc.: of the pope, a see, 625. 58: of a king, a throne; stól ok höfuðstað, Ó. H. 65, Fms. vii. 159, Stj.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)