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

Descendants

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