Stokkr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - stokkr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "stokkr" in English.

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

stokkr Old Icelandic word can mean:

stokkr
(-s, -ar),
stokkr
1) stock, trunk, block, log of wood (skutu þeir stokki í hryginn svá at í sundr tók); fœra fórnir stokkum eða steinum, to offer to stocks or stones;
stokkr
2) the wall of a log-house; innan stokks, fyrir innan stokk, inside the house, in-doors (Hrútr fekk henni öll ráð í hendr fyrir innan stokk); útan stokks, fyrir útan stokk, outside the house, out-of-doors;
stokkr
3) = set~; drekka e-n af stokki, to drink one under the table; stíga á stokk ok strengja heit, to place one’s foot on the stock (set~) and make avow;
stokkr
4) board along the front of a bed (Egill gekk til rekkjunnar Armóðs ok hnykkti honum á stokk fram);
stokkr
5) anchor-stock, = akkeris~;
stokkr
6) stock of an anvil (klauf Sigurðr steðja Regins ofan í stokkinn með sverðinu);
stokkr
7) gunwale of a ship, = borð~;
stokkr
8) pl. stocks on which ships are built, = bakkastokkar; skipit hljóp af stokkunum fram á ána, the ship slid of the stocks into the river;
stokkr
9) a pair of stocks for culprits; setja e-n í stokk, to set one in the stocks;
stokkr
10) a piece of wood put on the horns of cattle (var ~inn af hornum graðungsins);
stokkr
11) trunk, chest, case.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᚱ

Abbreviations used:

pl.
plural.

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