Stafnljár

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stafnljár

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stafnljár" in Norwegian.

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

stafnljár: stafnlé eller stafnljár, m. Krog eller Hage hvormed man i Søtræfning søgte at faaTag i de fiendtlige Skibe eller Strids-mænd for saaledes at drage dem til sig;Norðmenn héldu skipum þeirra meðstafnljám ok akkerum ok hruðu þau,er þeir náðu til Fm. II, 31515; Ívarrkrœkti stafnljá um Gregorium þar, semhann var mjóstr, ok hnykti at sér Fm.VII, 26417; Baglar fœrðu stafnljá á skipBirkibeina ok héldu þeim; - - þeir,er á konungsskipinu váru, féngu af-komit stafnljánum Fm. VIII, 3374 fg; þáfœrðu konungsmenn stafnljá á skeiðar-kylbuna ok héldu þeim Flat. II, 4435.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛆᚠᚿᛚᛁᛆᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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