ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Accusative plural of *ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛦ (*stᴀbʀ), from earlier *ᛊᛏᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*stabaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

Noun

ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (stᴀbᴀ /staβa/) m (accusative plural) (Transitional Period)

staff, stick
a letter of the (runic) alphabet
- 600s, inscription on the (now-lost) Gummarp stone
  ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
  hAþuwolAfA ¶ sAte ¶ stAbAþria ¶ fff
  Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]
  [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three staves: wealth, wealth, wealth

Descendants

Old Norse: stafr (accusative plural stafa)
- Icelandic: stafur
- Faroese: stavur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stav
- Norwegian Bokmål: stav
- Old Swedish: staver
  - Swedish: stav, staf (pre-1906 spelling)
- Old Danish: staf
  - Danish: stav
- Gutnish: stav

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