þursa-stafr

þursa-stafr
m., see þurs,—the notion of the magical Rune is preserved in the phrase, rísta e-m þursa-staf, to libel a person in a coarse, brutal manner; það var mesta ofdirfð af ótilkjörnu flóni, | að rista þenna þursa staf Þorláks-syni Jóni, Grönd.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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