stær

From Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“starling”).

stær c (singular definite stæren, plural indefinite stære)

1. starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)

stær m (definite singular stæren, indefinite plural stærer, definite plural stærene)

1. a starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)

• star, stare (Nynorsk)

From Middle Low German star. ^[1] Compare Swedish starr.

stær ?

1. various eye sicknesses, e.g. glaucoma or cataract

• grøn stær
• grå stær

Probably from Old Norse stœrri with vowel length change.

stær

1. (dialectal, Trøndersk) alternative form of større (“bigger”) (The spelling is not normative because of apocope. The normal spelling will be stære, but is not phonetically correct to the dialect where this word is used.)

From Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“starling”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”).

• IPA^(key): /stær/

stær m (nominative plural staras)

1. starling

Strong a-stem:

• English: starling

From Proto-Germanic *star- (“to be rigid”), from *ster- (“to be stiff, to be strong”).

• IPA^(key): /stær/

stær m (nominative plural staras)

1. a stare

Strong a-stem:

• English: stare

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of earlier *stœ̄r (compare Old High German storia (“history”)), ultimately from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Compare also Old English stēor (“guidance, direction”).

• stēr, stēor

• IPA^(key): /stæːr/

stǣr n

1. history
2. story; narrative

Strong a-stem: