staur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /støyːr/
    Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

staur m (genitive singular staurs, nominative plural staurar)

  1. post, pole
  2. a stiff person

Declension

Declension of staur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative staur staurinn staurar staurarnir
accusative staur staurinn staura staurana
dative staur staurnum staurum staurunum
genitive staurs staursins staura stauranna

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Noun

staur m (definite singular stauren, indefinite plural staurar, definite plural staurane)

  1. a stake, rod or pole that has a sharpened point in one end
  2. an asinine person

Derived terms

  • endestaur
  • gardstaur
  • gjerdestaur
  • hesjestaur
  • jarnstaur
  • jernstaur
  • kornstaur
  • larvstaur
  • latstaur

Verb

staur

  1. imperative of staura

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Noun

staur

  1. accusative singular indefinite of staurr

Romanian

Noun

staur n (plural staure)

  1. obsolete form of staul

Declension

Declension of staur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative staur staurul staure staurele
genitive-dative staur staurului staure staurelor
vocative staurule staurelor

References

  • staur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN