Stofa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stofa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an ; Related words: stuf-bæþ. stofa

Definitions

1 stofa

m. A room for a warm bath :--Stofa balneum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 60. [O. H. Ger. stuba a chamber that may be warmed : Icel. stofa, stufa a bathing-room that has a fire ; a room. The Romance languages borrowed from Teutonic, hence Fr. étuve : Ital. stufa : Span, estufa a hot-house, bath-room.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚩᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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