Styrr
Old Norse Dictionary - styrr
Meaning of Old Norse word "styrr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word styrr can mean:styrr
- styrr
- m., gen. styrjar and styrs, [Engl. stir], a stir, tumult, brawl, disturbance; styrr varð í ranni, there arose a stir in the hall, Hðm. 24; úlítill styrr, no small stir, Edda (Ht.); stála styrr, hjálma styrr, randa styrr, ‘steel-stir,’ ‘helm-stir,’ ‘shield-stir,’ i. e. a battle, Lex. Poët.
- styrr
- 2. a stir, battle, war; í styr, ór slíkum styr, Hallfred; gera harðan styr, í þeima hörðum styr, vekja styr, Ó. H. (in a verse); styrjar væni, Hornklofi; styrjar skyndir, deilir, kennir, valdi, = a warrior; styrjar-gjarn, martial; as also styr-fimr, styr-remdr, styr-bráðr, styr-viðr, styr-bendir, alert, mighty … in battle,—all epithets of a warrior; styr-vindr, ‘war-wind’, i. e. battle, Lex. Poët.; all these compds are solely poetical; styrjöld (q. v.) alone is used in prose, both old and mod.
- styrr
- II. Styrr as a pr. name, gen. Styrs; and in compds, Styr-björn, Styr-laugr (mod. Stur-laugr), Styr-kárr, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)