Stýrisstöng

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stýrisstöng

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stýrisstöng" (or stýrisstǫng) in Norwegian.

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

stýrisstöng (stýrisstǫng)
stýrisstöng eller stýristöng, f. Styrestang?konungr bað hann standa á stýristöngutil kvelds; hann kvað þat vel mælt okkvað sér þá þikkja skipat nær kon-unginum Halfs.s. 159; jvf Fld. III, 19725,hvor sveif er brugt for at betegne detsamme; kemr einn maðr at Ólafi kon-ungi á fiskibáti ok festi við stýrisstengrkonungsskipi Flat. II, 28810; skútan flautvið stýristengr milli lands ok skipsinsEg. (Finnur Jonssons Udg.) 19424.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛦᚱᛁᛋᛋᛏᚯᚿᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
s.
substantiv.

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