Glíw-stól
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - glíw-stól
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- glíw-stól
- Take here gleów-stól in Dict., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound). The subject of the riddle is a stag's horn, which is shed and its place taken by a new one. This process is represented as the expulsion of a man from his home and country by a younger brother who takes his place. gliw-stol