stjarfi

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stjarfi, from Proto-Germanic *sterbô; compare stirfinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stjarfi m (genitive singular stjarfa, no plural)

  1. stiffness from fear, stupor, catatonia
  2. (medicine) tetanus
    Synonym: stífkrampi

Declension[edit]

declension of stjarfi
m-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative stjarfi stjarfinn
accusative stjarfa stjarfann
dative stjarfa stjarfanum
genitive stjarfa stjarfans

Related terms[edit]

  • stjarfur (“stiff from fear, catatonic”)
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