Stúpa
Old Norse Dictionary - stúpa
Meaning of Old Norse word "stúpa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- stúpa
- a defect, obsolete strong verb, [Ivar Aasen stûpa, staup; Swed. stupa; Engl. stoop; mid. H. G. stieben]:—to stoop; létu upp stjölu stúpa, stungu í kjöl höfðum, Hkr. (Hornklofi): the word is thus a απ. λεγ., and is now obsolete in Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.