ståtar

See also: statar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • stotar

Etymology

Compare Danish stodder and Swedish ståtare. From stòta (“to studder, to waggle”) (cf. Swedish ståta (“to push, to studder”)). But according to the Danish Dictionary, all the Scandinavian cognates are from Old Norse stakra (“to waggle, stagger”).

Noun

ståtar m (definite singular ståtaren, indefinite plural ståtarar, definite plural ståtarane)

  1. (rare) vagabond
    Synonym: fant

Derived terms

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