Stela

Old Icelandic Dictionary - stela

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "stela" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

stela Old Icelandic word can mean:

stela
(stel; stal, stálum; stolinn), v. to steal, with dat.; s. e-u frá e-m, to steal from one; s. e-n e-u, to rob one of (s. e-n eign sinni); áss er stolinn hamri, Thor is robbed of his hammer;
stela
refl., ~st at e-m or á e-n, to steal upon, attack one unawares; s. frá e-m, to steal away from; recipr., ~st frá, to steal from one another.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᛚᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.
dat.
dative.

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