stjǫlr

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Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *staluz.

Noun

stjǫlr m (genitive stjalar, dative stili)

  1. rump, hind part; tail

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: stjølur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: styl

References

  • stjǫlr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press