stolpe

From Old Norse stolpi.

stolpe m (definite singular stolpen, indefinite plural stolper, definite plural stolpene)

1. a pole or post

• gjerdestolpe
• grensestolpe
• lyktestolpe

• “stolpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse stolpi.

stolpe m (definite singular stolpen, indefinite plural stolpar, definite plural stolpane)

1. a pole or post

• gjerdestolpe
• grensestolpe
• lyktestolpe

• “stolpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish stolpe, from Old Norse stolpi, from Proto-Germanic *stulpan, related to *stallaz (“stable, standing, stall”).

stolpe c

1. a pole, a post
2. (heraldry) a pale (vertical band)
3. (sports) a post

• grindstolpe
• hörnstolpe
• kraftledningsstolpe
• målstolpe
• stolpa
• stolpsko
• telefonstolpe
• telegrafstolpe

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1019-20

• stolpe in Svensk ordbok.