palstaff

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Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Danish/Icelandic? pálstafr”)

Noun[edit]

palstaff (plural palstaffs or palstaves)

  1. (historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff.
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