Steór-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Steór-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: steóres-mann, steór-réþra. steor-mann

Definitions

1 steór-mann

m. A steersman, pilot, captain:?-Steórman gubernio, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 18: gubernator vel nauclerus, 73, 79. Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe hé becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 22. [Stereman proreta, Wrt. Voc. i. 274, col. 2. He nom alle þa scipen and þa steormen alle, Laym. 28436. Du. stuur-man: Icel. stýri-maðr a skipper, captain: Dan. styr-mand a mate: Swed. styr-man.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛖᚩᚱ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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