stafr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stabaz, whence also Old English stæf, Old High German stap

Noun

stafr m

  1. staff

Derived terms

  • bókstafr
  • rúnastafr

References

  • stafr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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