stefna f
1.
direction, course; halttu fram stefnunni, keep on in the same direction;
2.
appointed meeting (N konungr kom fyrr miklu til stefnunnar ok beið þar lengi);
3.
the appointed time for meeting (er s sú var liðin, er á kveðin var, þá etc);
4.
summons; þriggja nátta s, a summons with three days' notice; Otkell lætr þegar dynja stefnuna, O immediately thundered out the summons