Stökkr

stökkr (stǫkkr)

stökkr, m. pludselig Bevægelse, hvorved noget bringes ud af den Stilling, hvoridet har været; vér tókum í mót full-drengiliga ok kómum stökk í líð þeirraok eltum þá alt til borgarhliðs (= lat.nos autem facto impetu persecuti eossumus usque ad portam civitatis) Stj.51517 (2 Sam. 11, 23); jvf Fm. VIII,4922; í stökki dvs. pludseligen, i Hast: núhafa vorðit í stökki brögð ok ekki líttaf yðru tilstilli Flat. III, 45013; ekkimá ek konungr heita, nema ek gefastökk þessom ófriði (= nema ek eyðaþessum úaldarflokki Fm. VII, 818) Mork.1337.

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, stökkr may be more accurately written as stǫkkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚯᚴᚴᚱ
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.