stef

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stef n (genitive singular stefs, nominative plural stef)

  1. (music) refrain, burden
  2. (music) motif, theme

Declension[edit]

declension of stef
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stef stefið stef stefin
accusative stef stefið stef stefin
dative stefi stefinu stefjum stefjunum
genitive stefs stefsins stefja stefjanna

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

stef

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of staf

Old Frisian[edit]

Ēn stef.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *stab.[1] Cognates include Old English stæf and Old Saxon staf.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stef m

  1. staff, rod

Descendants[edit]

  • Saterland Frisian: Stäf

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29
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