Stétta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stétta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stétta" in Norwegian.

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

stétta: stétta, v. (tt) 1) fremme, fremhjælpe, lade noget faa Fremgang; vissi hann, hversumikit ílt úhlýðnin stétti Stj. 324; kunn-im þat sjá -, hversu til mikils þeirero fœrir vára þörf at stétta Post. 21424jvf Heilag. II, 61420; völdugleikr stéttirharðla mikit Stj. 29837; hvat stéttir,at þú gefr mér landit Stj. 11035. 2) hjælpe, understøtte; heyrir hann gjarnaok stéttir bœn mínni Klm. 35534; fyrirþá grein skaltu æ girnast fram tilmeiri mektar ok metnaðar, at þú megirþí fleirum stoða ok stétta Stj. 1433.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚽᛏᛏᛆ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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