stafkarl
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From stafr (“staff”) + karl (“man”). (Insinuates begging) literally a man that walks around with a staff.
Noun[edit]
stafkarl m
Declension[edit]
Declension of stafkarl (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stafkarl | stafkarlinn | stafkarlar | stafkarlarnir |
| accusative | stafkarl | stafkarlinn | stafkarla | stafkarlana |
| dative | stafkarli | stafkarlinum | stafkǫrlum | stafkǫrlunum |
| genitive | stafkarls | stafkarlsins | stafkarla | stafkarlanna |
Descendants[edit]
- Danish: stakkel (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkels (“pitiful”)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stakkar m (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkars (“pitiful”)
- Norwegian Bokmål: stakkar m (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkars (“pitiful”)
- Swedish: stackare
- Dutch: stakker m (“pitiable person”)
References[edit]
- “stafkarl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stafkarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.