Sturla
Old Norse Dictionary - sturla
Meaning of Old Norse word "sturla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sturla
- u, f. (or perh. better Stúrla, later corrupt form Stulli, a, m., Skíða R. 99); [this word is probubly not related to the verb sturla, but is better explained as a diminutive noun (qs. stjuri-la) from stjórr (or stjûrr), meaning a stirk, young bull, cp. mey-la; the ancient Gothic abounded in such diminutive proper names]:—a pr. name, Sturl., Landn.; hence Sturlungar, the Sturlungs, a family famous in Icel. in the 12th and 13th centuries. Sturlunga-saga, see List of Authors.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚱᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)