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stokkr -s, -ar

1. stock, trunk, block, log of wood (skutu þeir stokki í hryginn svá at í sundr tók); f�ra fórnir stokkum eða steinum, to offer to stocks or stones;
2. the wall of a log-house; innan stokks, fyrir innan stokk, inside the house, in-doors (Hrútr fekk henni öll ráð í hendr tyrir innan stokk); útan stokks, ryrir útan stokk, outside the house, out-of-doors;
3. =set-stokkr; drekka e-n af stokki, to drink one under the table; stíga á stokk ok strengja heit, to place one's foot on the stock (setstokkr) and make a vow;
4. board along the front of a bed (Egil) gekk til rekkjunnar �rmóðs ok hnykkti honum á stokk fram);
5. anchor-stock, =akkeris-stokkr;
6. stock of an anvil (klauf Sigurðr steðja Regins ofan i stokkinn með sverðinu);
7. gunwale of a ship, =borð-stokkr;
8. pl. stocks on which ships are built, =bakka-stokkr; skipit hljóp af stokkunum fram á ána, the shop slid off the stocks into the river;
9. a pair of stocks for culprits; setja e-n í stokk, to set one in the stocks; (10) a piece of wood put on the horns of cattle (var stokkrinn af hornum graðungsins); (11) trunk, chest, case

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