Styðja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - styðja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "styðja" in English.

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

styðja Old Icelandic word can mean:

styðja
(styð, studda, studdr), v.
styðja
1) to rest (one thing on another), esp. so as to support oneself thereby; s. hendi, fœti, to rest one’s hand or foot on something (annarri hendi styðr hann á herðar Jökli);
styðja
2) to stick, pierce (þeir Gullveig geirum studdu);
styðja
3) s. e-n, to hold one up, support one; skriðnaði hann öðrum fæti ok studdi sik með hendinni, he supported himself with his hand;
styðja
4) fig. to support, aid (hann studdi ráðvanda menn í heilræðum);
styðja
5) refl, ~st, to lean upon (Á. studdist á øxi sína); s. við konungs borð, to lean the hands upon the king’s table.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚦᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.

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