Rökstóll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rökstóll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rökstóll" (or rǫkstóll) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

rökstóll (rǫkstóll)
rökstóll, m. Stol, Sæde, som nogen tager i sin Besiddelse, indehaver paa Grundaf den ham tilhørende Myndighed; þágéngu regin öll á rökstóla ginnheilöggoð Vsp. 6. 9; SE. I, 646. 1386 (jvf þarnæst settust guðin upp í sæti sín okréttu dóma sína SE. I, 6220 fg; þá sett-ust guðin upp í dómstóla sína SE. I,13427; settust Æsirnir á dómstóla SE.I, 34218).

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, rökstóll may be more accurately written as rǫkstóll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᚴᛋᛏᚮᛚᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.

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