staurr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Noun

staurr m (genitive staurs, plural staurar)

  1. pole, stake

Declension

Declension of staurr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative staurr staurrinn staurar staurarnir
accusative staur staurinn staura staurana
dative stauri staurinum staurum staurunum
genitive staurs staursins staura stauranna

Descendants

  • Danish: stør
  • Faroese: steyrur
  • Icelandic: staur
  • → Middle English: stoure
    • English: stour (“stake”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: staur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: staur
  • Old Swedish: stūr

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “staurr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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