STYRR
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m., gen. styrjar and styrs, [Engl. stir], a stir, tumult, brawl, disturbance; styrr varð í ranni, there arose a stir in the hall, Hðm. 24; úlítill styrr, no small stir, Edda (Ht.); stála styrr, hjálma styrr, randa styrr, ‘steel-stir,’ ‘helm-stir,’ ‘shield-stir,’ i. e. a battle, Lex. Poët.
2. a stir, battle, war; í styr, ór slíkum styr, Hallfred; gera harðan styr, í þeima hörðum styr, vekja styr, Ó. H. (in a verse); styrjar væni, Hornklofi; styrjar skyndir, deilir, kennir, valdi, = a warrior; styrjar-gjarn, martial; as also styr-fimr, styr-remdr, styr-bráðr, styr-viðr, styr-bendir, alert, mighty … in battle,—all epithets of a warrior; styr-vindr, ‘war-wind’, i. e. battle, Lex. Poët.; all these compds are solely poetical; styrjöld (q. v.) alone is used in prose, both old and mod.
II. Styrr as a pr. name, gen. Styrs; and in compds, Styr-björn, Styr-laugr (mod. Stur-laugr), Styr-kárr, Landn.