Stuðning
Old Norse Dictionary - stuðning
Meaning of Old Norse word "stuðning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- stuðning
- f. (mod. stuðningr, m., Bs. i. 836, 874), a steadying, support; með stuðningi, Fas. ii. 68; ganga með stuðningi manna, Bs. i. 837, 874; styrkr ok stuðning, Stj. 51; allar stuðningar, Róm. 266:—a gramm. term, Edda i. 604. stuðningar-laust, adj. without support, Fas. iii. 370, Bs. i. 614.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚦᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- gramm.
- grammar.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)