Torf-stakkr

Old Norse Dictionary - torf-stakkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-stakkr"

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

torf-stakkr
m. a peat-stack, Ísl. ii. 116; griðungrinn hefir brotið niðr torfstakka hans, Ld. 336.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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