- stefnir
- m. one who directs, Lex. Poët.: a helmet, poët., Edda (Gl.)
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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