staur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /støyːr/

  Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

staur m (genitive singular staurs, nominative plural staurar)

1. post, pole
2. a stiff person

Declension

Declension of staur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	staur	staurinn	staurar	staurarnir
accusative	staur	staurinn	staura	staurana
dative	staur	staurnum	staurum	staurunum
genitive	staurs	staursins	staura	stauranna

Further reading

• “staur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Noun

staur m (definite singular stauren, indefinite plural staurar, definite plural staurane)

1. a stake, rod or pole that has a sharpened point in one end
2. an asinine person

Derived terms

• endestaur
• gardstaur
• gjerdestaur
• hesjestaur
• jarnstaur
• jernstaur
• kornstaur
• larvstaur
• latstaur

Related terms

• stå

Verb

staur

1. imperative of staura

References

• “staur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• raust, ruast, rusta, rutas, staur, stuar, stura, sutar, sutra, truas, trusa, turas, tusar, urast, utras

Old Norse

Noun

staur

1. accusative singular indefinite of staurr

Romanian

Noun

staur n (plural staure)

1. Obsolete form of staul.

Declension

Declension of staur

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	staur	staurul		staure	staurele
genitive-dative	staur	staurului		staure	staurelor
vocative	staurule			staurelor

References

• staur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN