bókstafr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz, equivalent to bók +‎ stafr.

Noun

bókstafr m

1. a letter of the alphabet

Declension

Declension of bókstafr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bókstafr	bókstafrinn	bókstafar	bókstafarnir
accusative	bókstaf	bókstafinn	bókstafa	bókstafana
dative	bókstafi	bókstafinum	bókstafum	bókstafunum
genitive	bókstafs	bókstafsins	bókstafa	bókstafanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bókstafur
• Faroese: bókstavur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bokstav
• Norwegian Bokmål: bokstav
• Old Swedish: bōkstaver
  • Swedish: bokstav
• Danish: bogstav

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bókstafr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 64; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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