stig

pitch

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n.

1) step, pace;

2) step of a ladder;

3) pl. degree, rank; af háfum (lágum, litlum) stigum, of high (low) degree (birth).

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n. [stíga], a step; stig fyrir stig, step for step.

2. a path = stigr, hann freistaði um öll stig. Róm. 310.

3. as a measure, a pace = Lat. passus; fjögur fet göra stig, MS. 732; mæli-stig, a degree, mathem.

4. the step of a ladder; var ek þá kominn í hit efsta stigit, Ó. H. 211 (mod. hapt or stiga-hapt).

II. a step or degree in point of birth or family; in the phrase, af … stigum, of low (small, high) degree; af meirum stigum eðr minnum, Fas. i. 242; af litlum stigum, Sks. 749; af háfum stigum, and the like.