rǫkstóll
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From rǫk (“fate, judgment”) + stóll (“throne, seat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rǫkstóll m (genitive rǫkstóls, plural rǫkstólar)
- council chair, judgement-seat
- Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2:
- Þá gengu regin ǫll / á rǫkstóla, […]
- Then all the Powers went / onto the seats of doom, […]
- Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2:
Declension edit
Declension of rǫkstóll (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rǫkstóll | rǫkstóllinn | rǫkstólar | rǫkstólarnir |
accusative | rǫkstól | rǫkstólinn | rǫkstóla | rǫkstólana |
dative | rǫkstóli | rǫkstólinum | rǫkstólum | rǫkstólunum |
genitive | rǫkstóls | rǫkstólsins | rǫkstóla | rǫkstólanna |
References edit
- rǫkstóll in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- rǫkstóll in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.