Note 309 — Chapter XLVII · EARL HARALD SLAIN BY SORCERY.
Gilbert Goudie translation
Stofa. In the twelfth century men began to live more comfortably, and broke up their large halls into separate compartments. Thus, a portion of the Skáli at the upper end, where the pall or dais was, was shut off, and called stofa.—(Dasent’s preface to the Njals Saga.)