stafkarl

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From stafr (staff) +‎ karl (man). (Insinuates begging) literally a man that walks around with a staff.

Noun

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stafkarl m

  1. poor beggar

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Danish: stakkel (poor soul, poor thing); stakkels (pitiful)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stakkar m (poor soul, poor thing); stakkars (pitiful)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stakkar m (poor soul, poor thing); stakkars (pitiful)
  • Swedish: stackare
  • Dutch: stakker m (pitiable person)

References

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  • stafkarl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stafkarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.