Stöðva

Old Icelandic Dictionary - stöðva

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "stöðva" in English.

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

stöðva Old Icelandic word can mean:

stöðva
(að), v.
stöðva
1) to stop (hann ~ði her sinn); s. sik, to halt; hann ~r sik ekki, he does not check his course; s. blóð, to stop bleeding;
stöðva
2) to soothe, calm down; s. sik, to contain oneself (Grettir gat þá eigi ~t sik);
stöðva
3) refl., ~st, to stop oneself, calm down (~ðist Dana-herr); to be fixed (~st þá sú ráðagerð).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚦᚢᛅ

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