stæner

Old English

Alternative forms

• stǣnere, stǣnero — inflected forms
• stǣrer — erroneous

Etymology

Formed on analogy with other fossilised z-stem plurals (e.g. Old English hæteru (“clothing”), Old English sċerero/sċeruro (“scissors”), Old English sunor (“swine herd”), etc.); perhaps hearkening back to a Proto-West Germanic *stainiʀu. Equivalent to stān +‎ -ru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæː.ner/

Noun

stǣner n pl

1. stony ground

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	stǣner
accusative	—	stǣner
genitive	—	stǣnera
dative	—	stǣnerum

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	stǣneru
accusative	—	stǣneru
genitive	—	stǣnera
dative	—	stǣnerum

Related terms

• stǣna
• stǣnen
• stǣniġlīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: *stanere
  • English: stanner, stanners (normalised with plural -s)
  • ⇒ Middle English: stanry, stannri (“stony, full of pips”, adjective)
    • English: stannery