staurr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Noun

staurr m (genitive staurs, plural staurar)

1. pole, stake

Declension

Declension of staurr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	staurr	staurrinn	staurar	staurarnir
accusative	staur	staurinn	staura	staurana
dative	stauri	staurinum	staurum	staurunum
genitive	staurs	staursins	staura	stauranna

Related terms

• standa

Descendants

• Danish: stør
• Faroese: steyrur
• Icelandic: staur
• → Middle English: stoure
  • English: stour (“stake”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: staur
• Norwegian Bokmål: staur
• Old Swedish: stūr
  • Swedish: stör

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “staurr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive