rǫkstóll

Old Norse

FWOTD – 21 May 2018

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔk.stoːlː/

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 went all the gods / on 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

References

• rǫkstóll in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• rǫkstóll in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.