steði
See also: stedi
Old Norse
Etymology
From staðr (“stead”) + -i (agentive suffix).
Noun
steði m (genitive steðja)
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | steði | steðinn | steðjar | steðjarnir |
| accusative | steðja | steðjann | steðja | steðjana |
| dative | steðja | steðjanum | steðjum | steðjunum |
| genitive | steðja | steðjans | steðja | steðjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: steðji
- Faroese: steðji, stiði
- Norwegian: ste
- Old Swedish: stæϸi; stæϸ n
- Swedish: städ
- Old Danish: stæth
- → Middle English: stith, steyth, stiþ, styth, stythe
- English: stith (obsolete)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “steði”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 405; also available at the Internet Archive