rǫkstóll

Old Norse

FWOTD – 21 May 2018

Alternative forms

  • røkstóll

Etymology

From rǫk (“fate, judgment”) +‎ stóll (“throne, seat”).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈrɒkˌstoːlː/

Noun

rǫkstóll m (genitive rǫkstóls, plural rǫkstólar)

  1. 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, […]

Declension

Declension of rǫkstóll (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rǫkstóll rǫkstóllinn rǫkstólar rǫkstólarnir
accusative rǫkstól rǫkstólinn rǫkstóla rǫkstólana
dative rǫkstóli rǫkstólinum rǫkstólum rǫkstólunum
genitive rǫkstóls rǫkstólsins rǫkstóla rǫkstólanna

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “rǫkstóll”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 507
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rökstóll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 345; also available at the Internet Archive
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