[1] stœðingar (m. pl.) ‘braces’: Lit. ‘supports’. The name seems to refer to ropes which help support the mast on the windward side of the ship (Falk 1912, 60; SnE 1998, II, 405). Cf. ON aktaumar ‘braces’ (st. 10/3 below). The word is not otherwise found in poetry.
References
- Bibliography
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1912. Altnordisches Seewesen. Wörter und Sachen 4. Heidelberg: Winter.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.