stef
nafnorðhvorugkyn
(root stafi), stefja, stefjum, a summons, term, time fixed, (= stefna); viku-stef, a week’s notice, 274; var kveðit á viku stef, 394; þriggja nátta stef, a summons with three days’ notice, i. 385; bardaga stef, 54.
II. a stave in a lay, burden, refrain; hann orti Hafgerðinga-drápu, þat er þetta stef í,—‘Minar bið ek,’ , 106; kvæðit, ok er þetta stefit í, Ísl. ii. 222; Þórarinn orti þá stef, ok setti í kvæðit, … ok er þetta stefit, 180, i. 210. In the old poems, called drapa, the middle part had a burden; this part was called ‘stef’ or stefja-bálkr, the ‘stave-balk,’ stave-section, 180; and consisted of several equal sets of verses, called stefja-mel or stefja-mál, stave-measure; the number of stanzas to each ‘stave-set’ varies in different poems (3, 4, 5, 7); the number of the sets also varies according to the length of the poem, if the stave-section were of twenty-one stanzas it would fall into seven ‘sets’ (3 x 7); if of twenty, into five (4 x 5); er rétt at setja kvæðit með svá mörgum stefjamelum sem vill, () i. 686; hef ek þar lokit stefjum, here the staves end; hefja upp stef, and so on, see the remarks slæmr. The stave or burden usually stands at the end of each ‘set;’ the burden might even be distributed among the stanzas of the stefjamel, as may be seen in the Togdrápa on king Canute in , or in the poem Rek-stefja or Banda-dápa ( i. and Scripta Hist. Island, iii.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- etc.et cetera.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- s. v.sub voce.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Ht.Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)