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ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ

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Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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Accusative plural of *ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛦ (*stᴀbʀ), from earlier *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

Noun

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ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ /staβa/) m (accusative plural) (Transitional Period)

  1. staff, stick
  2. a letter of the (runic) alphabet
    • 600s, inscription on the (now-lost) Gummarp stone
      ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
      hAþuwolAfA ¶ sAte ¶ stAbAþria ¶ fff
      Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]
      [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three staves: wealth, wealth, wealth

Descendants

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  • Old Norse: stafr (accusative plural stafa)
    • Icelandic: stafur
    • Faroese: stavur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: stav
    • Norwegian Bokmål: stav
    • Old Swedish: staver
    • Old Danish: staf
    • Gutnish: stav