Stúfa

Old Norse Dictionary - stúfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "stúfa"

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

Old Norse word stúfa can mean:stúfa

stúfa: u, f. a stump, n. G. L. i. 85 (the reference see under hnúfa); the name of a poem (by the poet Stúfr), Fms. vi.

stúfa: 2. botan. the scabius, scabiosa succisa, Eggert Itin.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

botan.: botanically.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

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