Stöfla

Old Swedish Dictionary - stöfla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "stöfla" (or støfla) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

stöfla (støfla)
om omåttligt drickande. filum filare debes et non ocreare tu skal spinna liin ok ey stöffla her mz märkis kölpodrykkia GU C 20 s. 273 (jfr Diefenbach: o[creare] potum suyppen, swelghen).

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so stöfla may have also been written as støfla

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • stöffla )

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚯᚠᛚᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Works and authors cited:

Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
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