stafr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ) (accusative plural), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, whence also Old English stæf, Old High German stap. Some forms from an i-stem variant *stabiz, whence also Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍆𐍃 (stafs).
Noun
[edit]stafr m (genitive stafs, plural stafir)
Declension
[edit] Declension of stafr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
Declension of stafr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- bókstafr m (“letter (of the Latin alphabet)”)
- rúnastafr m (“letter of the Runic alphabet”)
- samstafa f (“syllable”)
- Stafangr
- stafkarl m
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “stafr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse masculine i-stem nouns
- Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns